Have you ever heard the expression “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it just may be a duck?" Although this saying has some truth to it, we should also remember ...

What looks like a pig and smells like a skunk, but isn’t a pig or a skunk? You guessed it, the collared peccary. The collared peccary is home to a very unsatisfying fact. Though they have pig-like ...

Rain forests are rich in biodiversity and are home to many different plants and animals as well as indigenous communities. Humans, even those who don’t live in the rain forest, rely on it for ...

ALL interested in the breeding of wild animals in captivity will welcome the announcement that two collared peccaries have just been born in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, for it is ...

Wt. 30-55 lb (14-25 kg); Shoulder Ht. 15"-20" (38-50 cm); Length 33"-39" (84-100 cm). Pig-like, the collared peccary is the smallest species of peccary. It has heavy bristly hair from head to back ...

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION — Researchers with Texas A&M AgriLife are laying the foundation for the science-based management and conservation of javelinas, or collared peccary. Until recently, this native ...

Researchers with Texas A&M AgriLife are leading a foundational study that will provide critical insight into the population dynamics and habitat usage of javelina, also known as collared peccary.

A new species of pig-like mammal called a peccary has been discovered in the southeastern Amazon region of Brazil, a scientist announced today. It is the largest peccary in the world, about the size ...

A new species of peccary has been discovered in the Amazon rainforest by a scientist recently charged with biopiracy by the Brazilian government. The animal, called the giant peccary or Pecari maximus ...