Please don't pick up baby pigs, reads the sign on Big Mayor Island, in Exuma, the Bahamas. Simone Spohr/dpa-tmn The small propeller plane touches down in the setting sun at Exuma International Airport ...

Chances are you've seen animals swimming before. Perhaps with your family pet, such as a dog, or maybe you've gone snorkeling or witnessed dolphins in the sea. But have you ever seen a pig in the ...

There are seven or eight pigs left, according to local reports. Swimming with pigs in Exuma has been a bucket list item for many travelers heading to the Bahamas for years. But on Sunday, a number of ...

There are many famous pigs — Miss Piggy, Babe, Harvey Weinstein. Porky Pig is my favorite. Turns out we have some celebrity swine right in our own backyard. Deco is checking out a new film about the ...

If the closest you’ve ever come to an aquatic pig is ordering Jack in the Box’s 1,081-calorie bacon shake, you probably haven’t been to the Bahamas’ Exuma Cays. Around these parts — which include ...

If you’re waiting to fulfill any life goals until pigs fly, heads up: There are swine swimming in the Bahamas already. A colony of pigs in the Exumas, a klatch of islands to the southeast of Nassau in ...

The white sand and perfect turquoise waters that surround Great Exuma have always made it a top destination in my travel book. I just wasn’t expecting the trip to be all that it was. A guided boat ...

Not long ago, the novelty of swimming with pigs off the shore of an uninhabited Bahama island elicited squeals of delight — and selfies aplenty. Now, copycat attractions across The Bahamas are ...

"Pig Beach" is located on Big Major Cay in the Bahamas. It's the year of the pig and national pig day -- really! And what better way to get up-close-and-personal than taking a dip? Swimming with pigs ...

The Bahamian government has banned tourists from feeding its famous Exuma swimming pigs after more than half a dozen porcine creatures were found dead. A draw for tourists, Exuma's Pig Beach on the ...

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Several of the Bahamas’ famous colony of swimming pigs in the Exumas were found dead and floating in the water late last month, leaving approximately 15 members of the colony still alive. Autopsies ...