Pigs

We live in the information age and yet people seem surprisingly uninformed. Apparently a whopping 7% of Americans truly believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. While this seems completely absurd to many of us up to 48% of people surveyed were not entirely sure that chocolate milk had anything to do with cows at all. We are becoming increasingly disconnected with where our food comes from, especially when it comes to animals.

Riding the bus in Singapore just got a lot more “boaring” thanks to an unusually un-boorish herd of over a dozen wild boars that peacefully swarmed a suburban bus station.

Today is National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day. So here you go. One cute pig in a blanket. On me.

Of recent date, I've been fascinated to learn of an island occupied solely by monkeys. I was particularly intrigued since this unique isle is located just a short distance offshore of Beaufort, South Carolina where I reside. Then when my research uncovered that 'Monkey Island’ — as it known by the locals — was an animal laboratory of sorts, images of  H. G.

He's no IKEA Monkey but Hamlet the pig from Portage has a nose for home reno deals, trotting over to a nearby Home Depot store when high winds blew down his yard's fence.

I may be a pig, but I am a classically trained pig. I prefer Bach, but I could play you some Beethoven or Mozart if you'd like.

Algae is used for so many things anymore, and now scientists have determined it is a suitable food enrichment material for pigs. Could your little piggy benefit from it?

Film and television has made many an animal famous -- particularly dogs, cats, and horses. Pigs have had a tougher time making the cut in this respect. One notable exception is Arnold Ziffel, a highly charming and intelligent pig from the television show Green Acres that ran from 1965 to 1971. To most of the folks in the environs of the fictional town of Hooterville he might as well be human.