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How is this work different from work done in domestic horses? The domestic horse has been studied systematically for decades leading to routine use of assisted reproductive technologies such as artificial insemination, sperm cryopreservation, and embryo transfers. Despite these advances, little...

Anne's filly is doing wonderfully. She cut her first tooth last week! A second Przewalski's horse foal was born on August 15 to a mare named Solongo (which means "rainbow" in Mongolian). The foal is a little colt born not from artificial insemination but from natural breeding. A Stallion named Frog...

When they hear the word "horse" most people have a distinct mental image of the domestic horse (Equus ferus caballus) we loved as children—who didn’t want a pony as a kid? The domestic horse has become a multi-million dollar industry to some and serves as companion animals to others. We have a vast...

Video Reproductive biologist, Budhan Pukazhenthi, with the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute interviews about the first Przewalski's horse born July 27th, 2013 as a result of artificial insemination. This video also includes the filly's first steps at SCBI located in Front Royal, Virginia...

Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are celebrating the birth of a female Przewalski’s (Cha-VAL-skee) horse—the first to be born via artificial insemination. The foal’s birth on July 27 signals a huge breakthrough for the survival of this species. SCBI reproductive...