Join us on a global journey to explore all 9 equid species and discover the beauty and history of 9 iconic wild and feral horses. From the mustangs roaming the Americas to the famous white horses ...

DNA sheds new light on horse evolution Date: December 10, 2009 Source: University of Adelaide Summary: Ancient DNA retrieved from extinct horse species from around the world has challenged one of ...

Conservationists are celebrating the recent birth of an onager foal, one of the rarest animals on Earth, at Chester Zoo. Experts say the birth will shine a spotlight on ‘overlooked’ equid ...

SCBI scientists were also the first to produce two Persian onager foals via artificial insemination, a landmark event since no other wild equid had been produced via artificial insemination to date.

DENVER (CBS4)- Visitors to the Denver Zoo can see a brand new species to the zoo.Somali wild asses have just arrived from the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Kalifa and Kamowa are half brothers who ...

This is the first procedure of its kind to be performed on an endangered equid species. The genes of Minnesota—the horse who underwent the surgery—are extremely valuable to the captive population of ...

The team analyzed 25 equid skeletons found at a 4,500-year-old elite burial ground about 34 miles east of Aleppo, Syria. Some of the animals appeared to be deliberately killed for burial.

Veterinarians at the Smithsonian's National Zoo have performed the first successful reverse vasectomy on a Przewalski's horse. Currently, there are approximately 1,500 of these animals maintained ...

About 70% of North American large mammal species were lost at the end of the Pleistocene epoch1. The causes of this extinction—the role of humans versus that of climate—have been the focus of ...

The species, who are also called ... He said: "Onagers are the most threatened equid species in the world and one of the rarest animals that we care for here at the zoo. ...

Ancient DNA retrieved from extinct horse species from around the world has challenged one of the textbook examples of evolution – the fossil record of the horse family Equidae over the past 55 ...

“The major challenge we faced was that this procedure had never been performed on an equid, let alone a critically endangered species,” said Dr. Budhan Pukazhenthi, a reproductive scientist at ...