DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

Choosing a first horse isn’t just about looks—it’s about finding a steady partner that lets a new rider learn with confidence ...

Owners and riders at the recent Pennsylvania National Horse Show explain how their horses got some of their unusual names.

In 2023, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa rescued nearly 100 horses, including the horse in the photo above. The ARL has acquired 21 acres in unincorporated north central Polk County and plans on ...

In this video, I discuss what to look for when determining if your donkeys are in heat and ready for breeding. I share my firsthand experiences with observing their behaviors and physical signs, plus ...

Spanish police on Saturday said they made an arrest after finding 250 dead animals, mostly dogs, in a filthy warehouse that local media dubbed "the breeding ground of horror." The Civil Guard said the ...

When you first enter the Oregon Donkey Sanctuary you see a quintessentially bucolic scene: a big red barn surrounded by green fields where a couple dozen donkeys graze peacefully, all nestled in a ...

A study published in Science Advances about centuries-old horse and donkey bones, unearthed in Jamestown, Virginia, is rewriting the story of how these animals first arrived in North America. While ...

These horses might look like ordinary horses, but there is something highly unusual about their genomes. They are the first of their species to have their DNA edited using CRISPR–Cas9, a technique ...

Horsepower profoundly shaped human societies - altering the way people moved around, traded goods, communicated, farmed and fought. And while the history of the combustion engines that eventually ...

They look like ordinary foals, docile with honey brown coats and white facial patches, content to spend their days munching alfalfa in a cordoned-off pasture in rural Buenos Aires province. But these ...