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Over the last few decades, wild boar populations have increased in the urban areas of Barcelona and in other parts of Catalonia. This wild animal is an important reservoir of the hepatitis E virus.

For many people, wild boars were once animals associated with remote forests and rural landscapes. Today, they are increasingly being spotted near farms, suburban neighborhoods, parks, and even major ...

Accelerometers reading the behavior of wild boars can pick up when animals are infected with a fatal virus. Behavioral sensors attached to wild boars have been used to detect when animals are sick ...

Depending on where you live on the planet, the wild boar (Sus scrofa), is also called the Eurasian wild pig, wild swine or wild pig. The wild boar is believed to have originated in Southeast Asia ...

Rome — On a cool night in late September, zoologist Andrea Monaco walks silently through the sandy shrublands of the Presidential Estate of Castelporziano, a protected area just outside of Rome, ...