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Scientists Get Down And Dirty With DNA To Track Wild Pigs

This wild hog from Hawaii was raised at the National Wildlife Research Center in Fort Collins, Colo. Feral pigs in the wild tend to eat anything containing a calorie — from rows of corn to sea turtle eggs, to baby deer and goats. Rae Ellen Bichell/NPR hide caption

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Scientists Get Down And Dirty With DNA To Track Wild Pigs

Wild hogs inflict $1.5 billion in damage on U.S. property each year. But biologists can now track the elusive animals via tiny bits of DNA the swine leave behind in puddles and ponds.

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Amnesty International: Syria Used Saydnaya Prison To Murder Civilians

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Iraqi Lawmaker And Yazidi Activist Is Caught Up In Trump's Travel Ban

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Obamacare Helped The Homeless, Who Now Worry About Coverage Repeal

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Obamacare Helped The Homeless, Who Now Worry About Coverage Repeal

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Obamacare Helped The Homeless, Who Now Worry About Coverage Repeal

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Garden of Love Neil Cowley Trio

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Not Every Trump Outrage Is Outrageous, Tom Nichols Says

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With Travel Ban Blocked, Syrian Refugees Arrive In New York To Start A New Life

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With Travel Ban Blocked, Syrian Refugees Arrive In New York To Start A New Life

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Super Bowl Halftime Flushes Worried Suburban Detroit Officials

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Signaling Through The Flames The American Dollar

DOJ Files Brief In Appeals Court, Defending Trump's Immigration Executive Order

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Politics

DOJ Files Brief In Appeals Court, Defending Trump's Immigration Executive Order

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DOJ Files Brief In Appeals Court, Defending Trump's Immigration Executive Order

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Scientists Get Down And Dirty With DNA To Track Wild Pigs

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Scientists Get Down And Dirty With DNA To Track Wild Pigs

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Never Could Have Been Worse Tsuneo Imahori

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Blue Funk Tsuneo Imahori

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Cold Water, Walk Further Cross Record

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Trump's Criticism Of Judges Is Shameful, Former Reagan Official Says

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Clipper Portico Quartet

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In 'Universal Harvester,' Mountain Goats Lyricist Reaps A Creepy Crop

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Author Interviews

In 'Universal Harvester,' Mountain Goats Lyricist Reaps A Creepy Crop

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In 'Universal Harvester,' Mountain Goats Lyricist Reaps A Creepy Crop

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Albright And Other Former Diplomats Urge Court To Reject Travel Ban

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Latin America

Haitians Denied Entry Into The U.S. May Have To Start New Lives In Mexico

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Haitians Denied Entry Into The U.S. May Have To Start New Lives In Mexico

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Big Byrd Ahmad Jamal

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Manhattan Reflections Ahmad Jamal

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Republican Sen. Lankford Supports Trump's Education Secretary Nominee

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Middle East

Israel's Parliament Passes Controversial Settlement Law Retroactively

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Israel's Parliament Passes Controversial Settlement Law Retroactively

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Europe

Britain's House Of Commons Breaks With Tradition, Bans Wigs

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Politics

Democrats Conduct All-Night Session To Try To Stop DeVos Confirmation

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Democrats Conduct All-Night Session To Try To Stop DeVos Confirmation

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Latin America

Wayuu Calamity Shines A Light On Colombia's Forgotten Rural Poor

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Wayuu Calamity Shines A Light On Colombia's Forgotten Rural Poor

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Opening the Gates Chequerboard

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Business

Travel Agents Say Clients Have Many Questions About Trump's Travel Ban

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Travel Agents Say Clients Have Many Questions About Trump's Travel Ban

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The Edge of Forever Signal Hill

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Politics

Sen. Wyden Says He'll Vote Against Trump's Education Pick

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