Adipose tissue is a crucial energy-regulating organ in mammals, responsible not only for storing excess energy but also participating in body temperature maintenance and metabolic balance. Adipocyte ...

AMES, Iowa – It works out to over $200 a pound. A champion Duroc boar born on Iowa State University’s swine teaching farm and raised by animal science students sold for $85,000 at an auction on ...

Teagan Pfautz was a little nervous going into the sales arena of the Pennsylvania Farm Show under the eyes of thousands of spectators, but he tried not to be too anxious at the chance of being named ...

A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when escaped domestic pigs bred with wild boar. The research shows that domestic pig ...