Wilma: Pig noses tilt up, down, and side-to-side. Pig noses sniff and smell and snuffle. Pig noses lift straw and shift feed and move...

Wilma: With nuts and grains and plants and even frogs, North America gave lots of food to pigs. So a few American pigs turned into lots...

Wilma: Colonists came across the Atlantic and brought European pigs along. Those pigs found nuts and plants in forests, and snails along...

Wilma: When the Spanish decided to explore the mainland, Caribbean pigs hopped aboard the ships to Florida. They’d had a run of bad luck...

Wilma: That Columbus, he did not give, he only took. In 1493, Columbus took pigs from the Canary Islands to Cuba and Jamaica. Pigs did...

Jorge the Boar likes pig celebrations, especially ones that include apples. Wilma: Pigs went to Newfoundland, to stay with Norse folks...

Wilma: Around 1000 BCE, there were lots of pigs in southern Greenland. European settlers brought them there, To feed the Greenland...

Pigs are good at posing, too. Wilma: When humans came across the land bridge, or used boats and settled on the coast, It is possible that...

Wilma parties with a parsnip. Wilma: Without pigs, what would people be? Cold. Hungry. Pigs gave people heat and food and piglets. With...

Wilma makes use of overripe tomatoes...with gusto. Wilma: There are many things that humans toss away… Bits of food, rinds and shavings,...

Wilma: Pigs were often presents between people, The best gift to give and get –  A friend to keep you warm in winter, Years of healthy...

Another mystery: How can two piglets of the same age and from the same litter be so different in size? Wilma: Mona and I, we are...

Wilma: Traveling with people meant that pigs spread out everywhere. But some pigs liked less travel. Some people liked less travel, too,...

Pig hooves (these are Mona's) are remarkably versatile, allowing pigs to travel comfortably through all kinds of terrain. Wilma: Early...

Young Mona happily cleans up a "mess." Wilma: Pigs lived near to humans for many, many years. Pigs cleaned up the mess of people, and...

The comfort of a piglet pile. Wilma: The Great Past Pigs didn’t talk about “me” or “I” or “self.” The Great Past Pigs said that pig-ness...

Pigs even like to nap in kiddie pools. Wilma: Long, long ago in the Holocene, the Great Past Pigs made friends with humans. Pigs saw that...

The essence of porcine beauty. Wilma: Long ago, humans honored the Great Pig Way. They sang songs in praise of pigs, they danced for...

Two big pigs adapt to one small kiddie pool. Wilma: The Babirusa, the Warthog, the Wild Boar, the Peccary. All pigs. The Duroc, the...

Wilma: Look around at the Patch, and you’ll see pigs. There is a pig snuffling, there is a pig scratching. There are pigs eating, there...