Virginia lawmakers approved a bill on Tuesday, designating the Chincoteague Island pony as the official pony of the commonwealth. The bill was introduced by Republican state delegate Robert Bloxom ...

Shotwell said the island hosted an array of activities throughout the week, including a carnival hosted by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, performances by the Chincoteague Pony Drill Team ...

And once again, they've arrived at Chincoteague. On Wednesday morning, about 150 of these beautiful beasts made the annual swim across the channel from Assateague Island to Chincoteague Island ...

CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND, Va. -- More than 1,000 Chincoteague pony lovers have signed a petition asking the manufacturer of Breyer model horses to make a model of Surfer Dude, the beloved stallion who ...

WATCH: Ponies embark on Chincoteague Island's 99th annual pony swim Ponies embark on Chincoteague Island's 99th annual pony swim Some plan to take one home. "And I never owned my own horse but I ...

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — Thousands have made their way to the Eastern Shore to watch Chincoteague Island’s highly-anticipated World Famous Pony Swim on Wednesday. Watch: Drone video shows ...

Beaches, seafood, and family fun...what's not to love? Virginia's Chincoteague Island seems to glow during the magic hour—that bit of the day just before the sun begins its dramatic descent into ...

“I was like, Wait, what are they exactly? What are these Chincoteague ponies?” Wherever the first horses on the island came from, though, the horses that live there today are not exclusively ...

One of the larger herds lives in the Chincoteague Wild Refuge on Virginia's part of the island. For years, people have speculated over how they ended up there. Local legend says that a ship ...

Wild Thing (right) alongside another Chincoteague Island pony (Photo: Cynthia Steyer) The oldest wild pony on Chincoteague Island, Wild Thing, has died at the lofty age of 25. (Photo: Cynthia ...