Switzerland takes animal companionship seriously, and guinea pigs ended up at the center of one of the country’s unexpectedly thoughtful laws. These little squeaky pets are considered social animals ...

Authorities recovered 24 of 25 guinea pigs that were stolen from a Tucson-area animal sanctuary. A multi-agency investigation led authorities to a Phoenix home where the animals were found. Three ...

From the hay and the woodchips to the squeaks and the "wheeks," Julene Robinson's got a full house of rescue guinea pigs. She said people now know her as the guinea pig lady. Robinson opened Wheek ...

First things first: the guinea pig is not a pig and it’s not from Guinea. Now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s talk about what these charming rodents, also called cavies, actually are. Their ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An arrest has been made weeks after Houston police say a teenager was shot while burying his pet guinea pig. Investigators say Emmanuel Menchaca was hospitalized after being ...

HOUSTON — Over a month after a teen was shot while burying his guinea pig, an arrest has been made. The victim's neighbor, John Martin Dixon, was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated ...

Feral hogs with "slushie-blue" innards turned up in Monterey earlier this year—and not for the first time. A young wild boar stands at Joseph D. Grant County Park in Santa Clara County, California.

Swarms of wild pigs in California developed blue flesh after ingesting pesticides containing rat poison — and officials warned other common game animals may also be infected. The feral hogs in ...

California wildlife officials are urging hunters and trappers to remain vigilant after several wild pigs in Monterey County were discovered with unnaturally blue flesh, an indication that the animals ...

Dan Burton has trapped hundreds of wild pigs for clients of his wildlife control company in Salinas, but even he was startled when he cut one of them open and found blue meat inside. "I'm not talking ...

Wild pigs in California were exposed to a blue-dyed rodenticide, causing some of their tissue to turn blue. The rodenticide, diphacinone, was likely ingested directly or indirectly through other ...

The family of 18-year-old Emmanuel Menchaca is speaking out this morning, demanding justice after the recent high school graduate was shot three times by a neighbor outside his home while burying his ...