Readers crowned Little Pigs Barbecue, located at 4927 Alpine Road northeast of Columbia, as their favorite barbecue joint in the area in the recent poll. There were 22 different barbecue places ...

In hopes of filling the shortage of donated organs, several biotech companies are genetically modifying pigs, so their organs are more humanlike, less likely to be destroyed by people’s immune ...

Millions have been transfixed by videos of Karis Dadson, a California teenager who shows pigs at livestock competitions. She finds the whole thing very weird. Videos of Karis Dadson showing pigs ...

Sea pigs survive the intense pressure partly thanks to their flexible body. “Through this exploratory expedition, we were able to conduct a raw biodiversity survey and study oases of life on the ...

Christy Slate, the director of School Improvement for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, has been named the acting principal of Sedge Garden Elementary School. Slate began her job Monday and ...

suis," his doctors concluded. They noted that it is possible the dog and goats on the farm where the man lived also could have picked up the infection from pigs and passed it on to him.

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead ...

Pigs have emerged as the best animal organ donors, with several living patients in the United States having received pig kidneys or hearts in the last few years. Livers have proved trickier—and ...

So it's a great achievement." Hearts and kidneys from genetically modified pigs have already been transplanted into a handful of living patients. Most died within weeks of the operation ...

Papua New Guinea has blocked access to Facebook in what authorities call a "test" to limit hate speech, misinformation and pornography. The sudden ban, which started on Monday, has drawn criticism ...