A genetic mutation in horses that would typically halt protein production has become a molecular asset. Researchers at Johns ...

The endangered orange-bellied parrot has lost 62 per cent of its genetic diversity and can only be saved by breeding with another species or editing its genes, a study suggests.

Rebecca McCullough's love of horses in Myakka City isn't fiction. But her "Planet of Equus" is, indeed, fiction.

A study published March 27 in the journal Science finds that a unique and ancient spate of genetic mutations was key to the ...

is that Dibru Saikhowa’s horses are descendants of Przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus przewalskii), considered the only known living wild horse species, native to Central Asia’s steppes.

All breeds of horses are members of the modern species Equus caballus, but experts believe that Friesians are actually descended from an ancient European species called Equus robustus. Unlike most ...

All horses are members of the same species — Equus caballus. The quarter horse breed wasn’t officially established until the 1940s, when enthusiasts created the American Quarter Horse Association.