News Headline
Pig nest-building promotes tree diversity in tropical forest: Study
Source
Mongabay (India)
Publication Date
2021-03-15
Wild pigs have reputation as a destructive lot. Farmers and scientists alike know that, when they’re too numerous, their constant rooting and wallowing can run roughshod over crops and regenerating ecosystems. The predators that hunt them may have disappeared, or logging or agriculture may have degraded the forest, allowing pig populations to mushroom.