A horse is a horse, of course, of course, but it probably doesn’t like you. Aside from dogs and cats, horses may be one of the few animals that humans often have close relationships with. This may ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The advent of horse-based transportation represented one of the seminal moments for humankind, connecting ancient peoples by enabling them to move quickly over long distances ...

The bond between humans and horses dates back thousands of years, and horses occupy a unique position in human life, falling somewhere between working animals and companion animals. Subscribe to our ...

Researchers found the information by testing horses with photos of happy and angry human strangers Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

Horses. To some people, a horse is a beautiful thing, and they love them. I am in the camp that regards them as random bone breakers, possessing four iron-shod clubs designed to deal damage at the ...

The domestication of horses changed the course of human history, but scientists have tried for years to figure out when and where this crucial event happened. Now, evidence from a new study using DNA ...

From the rise of empires to the birth of global trade, no animal has shaped humanity quite like the horse. Domesticated around 4,200 years ago in the Pontiac-Caspian steppe — or around a thousand ...

Over time, we’ve learned how to read the body language of horses – from understanding whether the movement of its ears, head, legs and tail mean its relaxed, anxious, angry or alert. But it turns out ...

Horses, they’re just like us. There’s no significant difference in the way horses and humans can feel pain when whipped, according to a study published Thursday. The new research used skin samples ...

Scientists demonstrated for the first time that horses integrate human facial expressions and voice tones to perceive human emotion, regardless of whether the person is familiar or not. Scientists ...