Europe recently downgraded the protected status of wolves, sparking concern among conservationists who warn this may undo ...

Wild boar can weigh more than 30 stone and populations of the invasive species have been soaring across Europe in recent years in accordance with the rise of people living in cities and the rise ...

Even under today’s climatic conditions, the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant could still live in Europe. This is the conclusion of a recent study. For this finding, the Sport Ecology ...

A wild boar adopted by a French horse breeder can remain with her owner, a court ruled on Thursday, after threats by authorities to remove and even euthanize her triggered a storm of protest.

In my decades of outdoor experience, no wild animal charge has threatened my life like my encounters with rampaging wild hogs ...

Have you ever stopped by the grocery store on your way to a dinner party to grab a bottle of wine? Did you grab the first one ...

The revival of mediaeval wild boar hunting by the Count of Flanders shows convincingly that hunting at the beginning of the twentieth century is, perhaps, even more than in olden times the ...

Home to golden eagles, Ural owls, otters, wild boar, wolves, lynx, and brown bears, the Carpathians—here on the outskirts of Sătic, Romania—are one of Europe's last stretches of wilderness.

Wild mammals on Earth are in big trouble. In the cold light of ecological arithmetic, they barely register anymore. Of all the mammalian biomass on the planet, just 4% is still wild. The rest ...

African swine fever virus continues to threaten domestic pig and wild boar populations in Europe. Each viral genome we sequence helps to deepen our understanding of the virus's circulation dynamics." ...

Wild boar and feral swine (Sus scrofa) numbers are growing worldwide. In parallel, their severe ecological and economic impacts are also increasing and include vehicle collisions, damage to crops and ...