Italy creates improved donor pigs Italian scientists have created the world's first pigs to be born without the antigen that causes humans to reject transplanted animal organs, Cremona's Animal Reproduction Technology Laboratory said on Thursday.

World's first cloned horse gives birth The world's first cloned horse has given birth to a foal, Italian animal-cloning pioneer Cesare Galli said on Tuesday.

(ANSA) - Excavations in Cremona have confirmed a legendary description of the city's destruction in December 69 AD by the Latin historian Tacitus. Archaeologists working in the area of Piazza Marconi believe they have found evidence of the northern Italian city's brutal pillage, following a clash between the forces of Emperor Aulus Vitellius, and his challenger, Vespasian.