The pig is one of Louisiana's most important animals. It's where boudin, cracklins, andouille and tasso come from. Pork is often a key ingredient in gumbos, jambalayas and red beans and rice.

Although a flying pig doesn't exist in the real world, our brains use what we know about pigs and birds — and superheroes — to create one in our mind's eye when we hear or read those words.

A team of Yale University scientists were able to restore some function to a dead pig’s brain four hours after it’d been decapitated, a new study published in Nature on Wednesday said. … ...

Using a newly developed pig brain atlas, University of Illinois researchers show no major differences in pig brain development between pigs in artificial rearing environments vs. sow rearing. The ...

image: Using a newly developed pig brain atlas, University of Illinois researchers show no major differences in pig brain development between pigs in artificial rearing environments vs. sow rearing.

The pig is one of Louisiana’s most important animals. It’s where boudin, cracklins, andouille and tasso come from. Pork is often a key ingredient in gumbos, jambalayas and red beans and rice.