Pig deal: Tom Yates recreates the moment in 1968 ... Since then, countless hands have rubbed Il Porcellino's snout, burnishing it to a golden shine, and more than $500,000 in coins has been ...

Why it's awesome: When we think of pigs, we tend to picture round animals with cute snouts, but babirusas are ... 3 feet (90 cm) long and can weigh more than 200 pounds (90 kilograms).

author of a new study on the discovery of a turtle with the snout of a pig that lived 76 million years ago. The animal stretched about 2 feet long, head-to-tail, and its streamlined shell was ...

Scientists have discovered one of the most complete skeletons of a turtle from the age of dinosaurs, and its nose ... this pig-snouted turtle was well-suited. Coming in around 2 feet long from ...