The Michell family worked hard for two months last fall to plant fields of oats on their 150-acre farm in northeast Georgia. Then, over the winter, a big family of wild hogs — also known as a sounder ...

Feral hogs are wreaking havoc across Texas, damaging crops and posing risks on highways, with control efforts proving ...

Hogs will eat up corn and peanuts that have just been planted, damaging acres of crops in a night. Some years the hog damage is worse than others but it has been a problem since his father started ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service suggests eating invasive species to help protect native animals and ecosystems. Invasive species can have a significant economic impact, costing the U.S. billions of ...

Feral hogs are running wild across Texas, at great cost to farmers, ranchers, and native wildlife. Hunters are helping, but science may prove critical to controlling the invasion on a broader scale.

Feral hogs are often called wild hogs despite one main difference. The root of the word “feral” implies the species was once domesticated. Therefore, many feral hogs originated from domesticated pigs ...

Florida has an estimated half-million feral hogs, an invasive species first introduced by Spanish explorers in the 1500s.

Texas A&M AgriLife experts assist landowners and community leaders navigate challenges of feral hog management across changing landscapes.

That was the reaction of a Lee County deputy upon entering a Lehigh Acres, Florida home after a large wild hog had burst through the sliding glass back door and was seen standing in the living room.

Wild or feral pigs are classified in the United States as an invasive exotic species. Most other wildlife species don’t associate with wild pigs. The less mobile wildlife, such as lizards, toads and ...