Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pumuckel was officially crowned the World’s Shortest Living Horse by Guinness World Records in August 2025, with the announcement ...

New research from the Royal Veterinary College into genetic risks of fracture in Thoroughbred horses has found that horses with lower levels of collagen type III have a higher risk of fracture.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every equestrian knows that no two horses are the same on the inside, no matter how similar they may look on the outside.

Across human history, no single animal has had a deeper impact on human societies than the horse. But when and how people domesticated horses has been an ongoing scientific mystery. As they spread, ...

Scientists from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and Uppsala University in Sweden now understand why some gray horses turn completely white as they age, ...

Are the assumptions around a horse’s coat color and his behavior based in fact? Maybe! Genetics – including those that affect coat color - can influence behavior in horses, reports The Horse. While ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — Horses are just as much a part of New Mexico’s story as green chile and balloons. One local startup is hoping their research could lead to the end of a debilitating disease in the ...

Equine osteochondrosis is a developmental, multifactorial disorder arising from disruptions in endochondral ossification in the joints of growing horses. This condition, which manifests as focal ...

Paul Szauter recognizes that the federal government spends almost nothing on equine research compared to human or cattle genetic testing. “And why should they?” Szauter questioned. “Because that’s ...

Horses didn’t just change how people traveled. They rewired the course of civilization. Yet scientists have always puzzled ...

Deep in the rolling countryside of Breckerfeld, Germany, lives the tiny superstar featured in this YouTube video — an impressive equine who is redefining what it means to be a “sturdy” steed. Pumuckel ...