A simple enough task on paper. But there was no guarantee that a pig could either understand the concept, relate action with result, or even manage to manipulate the joystick adeptly with only the use ...

An adorable video of a group of puppies playing with a group of mini pigs is providing the perfect boost of endorphins online. In a video with over 650,000 views on TikTok, Alabama based Grass Puppies ...

The truth, according to science, is that pigs are much smarter than most of us have ever credited; in some ways, about as ...

Experts found that pigs can play video games, offering new concepts and ideas of animal intelligence. The experiment includes four pigs that are tasked to play classic games so that they can have dog ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It’s easy to forget how much pigs are like us. Take, for instance, the simple fact ...

Pigs are known to be very smart animals, and now scientists have demonstrated that they are capable of playing video games. According to the BBC, scientists in the UK conducted research that they say ...

Pigs can be trained to play simple video games, scientists have found, demonstrating the animals' potential for a "remarkable" level of behavioral and mental flexibility. Similar experiments have been ...

No, pigs haven’t learned to fly — but they have learned to play video games. In fact, they may even have fun while they’re gaming. A quartet of pigs — Panepinto micro pigs Ebony and Ivory, and ...

The four pigs came to win. If they played the game well, they got delicious dog food (they used to get M&Ms, but the humans decided those were too sugary). Time and again, when prompted by researchers ...

It is a great injustice that the word “pig” maintains a negative connotation in the American lexicon. Pigkind has established itself as a force of capability in countless arenas, from truffle-hunting ...

Pigs can play video games, scientists have found, after putting four fun-loving swine to the test. Four pigs - Hamlet, Omelette, Ebony and Ivory - were trained to use an arcade-style joystick to steer ...