One member of her farm family is a potbelly pig named Possum, whom she took in as a runt "falling way behind in growth," she told Newsweek. After Possum and his sibling, Wilby, gained some ...

For something to be considered kosher, its ingredients can only be derived from plants or certain animals. For example, in 1935 Coca-Cola replaced the pig-derived glycerin used as a flavor ...

In a study presented at the Summit on Stem Cell Derived Islets in Boston, researchers report on encouraging results using ...

A professor of religious studies explores how the pig became the ultimate Jewish taboo ... If it’s completely plant-derived, it’s kosher. Just in terms of sensitivities to the consumer ...

As digital scamming explodes in Southeast Asia, including so called “pig butchering” investment scams, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) issued a comprehensive report this ...

“It may indeed be completely [kosher] in terms of its ingredients: If it’s completely plant-derived, it’s kosher ... A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig.” The “consumer” of ...

So why, then, are Jews so obsessed with it? For nearly all of Jewish history, pigs have been inescapable. During eras of Roman rule, rulers would challenge Jews to eat pork to test their loyalties ...

If you’ve been on Twitter/X over the weekend, you may have seen a strange sight: a shirt of a smiling, overweight pig enjoying a sauna session. No, this wasn’t a hallucination, it was the ...

Division of Biotechnology and Advanced Institute of Environment and Bioscience, College of Environmental and Bioresource Sciences, Jeonbuk National University, Iksan 54596, Korea ...

Your support makes all the difference. Federal officials announced Wednesday that the H5N1 bird flu virus had been found in a pig for the first time in the US. The pig was found on a backyard farm ...

Reels of people frolicking with pigs on a beach in the Caribbean have more than likely surfaced on your TikTok and Instagram feeds at one point or another. After all, millions of people partake in ...