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 ...

Every year, snakebites kill tens of thousands of people worldwide. The reason many survive is antivenom and horses play a central role in making it. By carefully exposing horses to small amounts of ...

For many veterans, the battle doesn’t end when the uniform comes off. Now, a program in Louisiana is using horses to help ...

Horses have played a critical role in shaping human society, but scientists are still piecing together the story of their domestication. Reading time 3 minutes Roughly 4,500 years ago, humans forged a ...

RIGBY – Mustang Recovery Challenge, a nonprofit that uses horses to help people struggling with drug addiction or mental ...

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 ...

Dr. Janet Jones offers a seminal, science-based window into what makes horses tick; it's filled with stories, humor, and ...

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 ...