Learn how boar populations in Fukushima’s evacuation zone are evolving rapidly after mating with abandoned domesticated pigs.

A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when ...

Domestic pigs bred with wild boar after the nuclear disaster offer lessons in wildlife genetics and invasive species management.

In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, an “unusually large hybridization event” unfolded between local wild boar and escaped domestic pigs. Within just a few years, the genetics of the two ...

Hybridization between domestic animals and wildlife is a growing concern worldwide, particularly as feral pigs and wild boar ...