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 ...

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 ...

The horse, a 10-year-old stallion named Bullwinkle, was one of only 200 Banker horses, a breed on the Outer Banks in North Carolina that descended from horses brought over by Spanish explorers. By ...

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 ...