This year is the 40th anniversary of one of the country’s earliest conservation efforts: the Wild Horse Return Program, which ...
Ancient breeders dramatically shortened the natural generation times of horses starting about 4200 years ago, according to a genetic study of hundreds of ancient horses. This intensive breeding led to ...
Researchers are helping uncover new information about the Y chromosome in horses, which will help owners identify optimal lineages for breeding and help conservationists preserve breed diversity.
There’s new hope for the last endangered wild horse species in the world due to research at the University of Minnesota. Przewalski’s horses are native to central Asia and became extinct in the wild ...