Edward Gibbon the English historian (1737 to 1794) wrote six volumes of The History of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. His conclusions have been disputed ever since. But he ushered in a new era ...

CROWN POINT — Hoofed animals were in large supply at the livestock show on the final day of the Lake County Fair. In this case, large applies to both numbers and size of the animal.

Sheriff's deputies in Wisconsin engaged in a "brief hoof pursuit" with an escaped pig that ended with the porcine perpetrator being lassoed and reeled in using heavy machinery.

Esther the Wonder Pig grew from a small piglet to a 270-kilogram sensation, leading her owners, Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter, to establish the Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary.

If you're hog-wild for pig humor, you've pigged the right place with these pig puns.

Pigs can carry pathogens that can find their way to humans. If a deadly virus, for example, were to emerge in transplant patients, it could spread with catastrophic consequences.

Many patients with organ failure, tethered to a dialysis machine four hours every other day, see in these small pigs hope for a return to normal life.

Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans. But substantial ethical questions remain.

Police in Oklahoma engaged in a foot pursuit with a pig that was momentarily lured with crackers, but fled again after biting an officer's hand.

Enjoy some coloring fun with your love of horses with these free printable horse coloring pages. Print them to color for you ...

Everyone's favorite pigs in a blanket goes Chicago-style, complete with celery salt, poppy seeds, and a cheeky cornichon.