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. Humans have long ...

Horses are deeply emotional beings and have been shown to be able to help adults and children heal from a variety of psychological and physical conditions. 1 For this and other reasons, I was very ...

They say dogs are man’s best friend, but horses could also claim that title. Horses gave us a way to transport people and goods — literal horsepower. They changed warfare: drawing chariots, carrying ...

You've never met an artist quite like HorsegiirL. The German musician and DJ, who goes by the name Stella Stallion, identifies as half-horse, half-human both on and off stage. Since hitting the scene ...

In our world today, it’s pretty unusual to see a horse riding down the street. In most cities and towns around the world, horses have retreated to the edges of daily life – appearing more often in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ask a person to picture someone with asthma, and despite famous asthmatic athletes including David Beckham and Emmitt Smith, they’ll likely picture a knobby-kneed kid clutching ...

Chang Geun Lee, a PhD candidate in Health Sciences, and Jae Hong Park, associate professor of Health Sciences, teamed up with Laurent Couëtil, professor of Large Animal Internal Medicine, to assist ...

Horses can detect fear in humans by smell, becoming more likely to startle and more wary of people who are scared, a new study has found. Researchers collected samples of odor compounds from the ...

Horses didn’t just change how people traveled. They rewired the course of civilization. Yet scientists have always puzzled ...

New research shows that horses can be just as meaningful objects of affection for humans as other pets or close human beings. The way people get attached to their horse can now also be reliably ...