A Wallingford woman got a scare Sunday morning when a 7-foot-tall, 1,000 pound horse/donkey hybrid crossed her path in Hamden, and sent her off the road. The shocked 49-year-old woman spotted the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Animal hybrids are rare in nature. Most species are incapable of breeding with other species, and when they do they often can’t reproduce. Think of the mule, a donkey/horse hybrid that ...

Umm el-Marra (in northern Syria) is a 4,500-year-old princely burial complex. Several equids have been found on the site, buried in their own installations. (Credit: Glenn Schwartz / John Hopkins ...

While hybrids -- the result of the mating of two different species -- may offer interesting and beneficial traits, they are usually sterile or unable to survive. For example, a mule, the result of the ...

Young Grace can dunk a basketball, play the piano, paint on canvas, get the mail and do basic multiplication: Pretty good for a 4-year-old. But even better when the 4-year-old happens to be a mule.

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Before the introduction of the domestic horse in Mesopotamia, valuable equids were being harnessed to ceremonial or military four wheeled wagons and used as royal gifts, but their true nature remained ...