The 1971 Wild Horse and Burro Act said: “Wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death”.

The wheelbarrow syndrome talks about the stretching of the upper neck muscles, but structure and function of the upper neck muscles contradict the theory. The splenius and the semispinalis capitis ...

The study team set out in the University of Queensland-funded study to document the level of owner‐reported eye disease in horses aged 15 or older, all owned in Queensland by individuals who ...

Horsetalk, after 28 years, has reached the end of the trail. It has been quite a ride. We are grateful to those who have shared their science, informed opinions and advice over the years. We will ...

Paxton works at the Museum Support Center at the Anniston Army Depot, a vast storage facility that houses close to 200,000 artifacts for the US Army Center of Military History. (Picture a well-lit ...

The spelled horses were housed in 3m by 4m outdoor enclosures with free access to water. They were fed three times a day and had no routine work or training. Their caregivers were not known to ...

The use of straw for bedding and the feeding of dry hay cannot be recommended for performance horses, according to the authors of a just-published study.

A horse's optimal temperature range is very different to that of humans. When we use ourselves as gauges, we risk over-rugging our horses.

I came to the realization that even if I believed that I loved the horses, what I was doing, and have been trained to believe, was about loving to win more than loving the horse.

A Swedish study of injuries in horse-riding mishaps has left researchers wondering whether regulations and safety equipment may have reduced the number of serious injuries.

The DNA work indicated that up to 21–28% of the total sequences recovered fell within the core bacteria, which was defined as being present at 0.1% relative abundance or greater in all samples ...

Researchers in California have announced plans for a clinical trial of an experimental laminitis drug based on an insect compound which shows potential against the debilitating condition.