Many of the wild boars roaming across central Europe are so radioactive that they are dangerous to eat, and it's down to a combination of nuclear weapons testing and the Chernobyl disaster. Previously ...

A German nudist had the last laugh after giving chase to a wild boar that had run off with a bag containing his laptop. Pictures posted on social media show the naked man running after a sow and her ...

A mountainous area in Germany is now home to a somewhat unusual phenomenon: wild boars that have been turned dangerously radioactive by atomic bomb fallout from more than six decades ago. These ...

Shaggy-haired, tusked pigs roam free in the woods of Germany and Austria. Although these game animals look fine, some contain radioactive cesium at levels that render their meat unsafe to eat.

Some wild boar hunted in German forests have radiation levels that exceed the limit deemed safe for human consumption. New research suggests that it’s not just because of Chernobyl. By Christopher F.

HAMBURG, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The German farmers' association DBV on Thursday called for a corridor free of wild boar to be created along Germany's border with Poland. That followed the confirmation of ...

A cow herd in Germany has gained an unlikely following, after adopting a lone wild boar piglet. Farmer Friedrich Stapel told the dpa news agency that he spotted the piglet among the herd in the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt is backing an "intelligent reduction" of Germany's growing wild boar population to prevent a further spread of African Swine Fever (ASF ...

It was a solemn moment. The bugler stood with his back to the assembled company, facing the long red rays of the setting sun that slanted down the cathedral aisle of black pines. The golden notes rang ...