Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feral hogs are increasingly spotted in Texas neighborhoods as drought and cooler weather push them into residential areas.

Texas ranchers may soon face a nightmare straight out of history books: the return of the flesh-eating New World screwworm. While the parasite hasn't been detected in the state yet, its slow march ...

TEXAS, USA — Researchers say Texas has the worst feral hog problem in the nation, causing around $2.5 billion in agricultural damages each year. The data was collected by researchers at the University ...

Feral hogs are causing serious problems in Texas national parks, damaging ecosystems, cultural sites and visitor experiences while proving difficult to control due to their high reproductive rates.

In Texas, feral hog populations are expanding into suburban zones, making them difficult to control. Feral hogs cause landscape damage and pose parasite risks for all pets and people on properties. If ...

Henderson — Wild hogs are unpredictable and extremely dangerous experts say the safest thing to do is get away from them and contact a professional hog hunter." Brian Benson has spent years trapping ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Feral hogs are known to live in several Houston area neighborhoods, but they're rarely spotted like this. Most often the hogs make their presence known by the ruts and damage ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Feral hogs have been hunted in Texas by air, by packs of dogs, and by shotguns. Now state Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller says he plans to introduce the 'hog apocalypse later ...

COPPELL, Texas — Feral hogs are on the move again in North Texas — this time roaming the neighborhoods that sit along the city line between Irving and Coppell. Neighbors near Barbara Bush Middle ...

As the wild hog population continues to grow, Texas’ love-hate relationship with the beasts veers toward hate. Michael Bodenchuk, director of the Texas Wildlife Services Program, notes that in 2009 ...