For decades, scientists and surgeons around the world have been trying to solve the organ donor crisis. The answer could be ...

And while the physiology of a pig is discordant with that of a human ... A version of this story appears in the April 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

After decades of hype and setbacks, scientists have made impressive progress into tricking stem cells into repairing organs.

Sure enough, the next spring, a colleague returned to the warty pig enclosure and recorded three of the four animals using tools to complete their nest, an earthen pit filled with leaves.

Canada’s pig problem is relatively new, however, and many impacts have yet to be fully felt. Crop insurance claims attributed to wild pigs in Saskatchewan, for example, are still far outpaced by ...