A new genetic study examining the ancestry of the park herd found they are most closely connected to large draft horse breeds, and show little Spanish mustang influence. Some horses at Theodore ...

Ever since the nuclear disaster of 1986, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has taken on a second life as an animal haven of sorts. Between 1998 and 2004, scientists began to introduce the endangered ...

Wild horses far outnumbered humans on the Outer Banks a century ago. But beyond legends of long-ago Spanish shipwrecks, no one really knows how they got there. A 1926 article in the National ...

MEDORA, N.D. — The first major roundup of wild horses at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in more than a decade will mark the beginning of a new era of managing the historic herd. The National Park ...

There’s a new horse roaming with the herd in the Outer Banks. More specifically, a new foal. And they’re lucky to have her. Meg Puckett, director of herd management at the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, ...

The Outer Banks hold countless dangers for unsuspecting visitors, from sharks to rattlesnakes, but none compares to the wild horses in February. It’s their mating season, a time when seasoned ...

If you’ve only seen domesticated horses, seeing them untamed is pure majesty. Have you ever seen a horse run free? It's a rare and powerful sight. Fortunately, there are a handful of places you can ...

Following the deaths of multiple wild horses during public land roundups in Nevada this summer, activists are pressing for urgent changes in the way the federal government controls the West’s ...

After a painful loss just last week, the herd of wild horses along the North Carolina Outer Banks is growing once again. Last week on June 15, a wild mare named Caroline died during an aggressive ...