Born with a rare birth defect, a rescued Chincoteague pony foal now faces a brighter future with a surrogate dam and a ...

The Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company has rescued a wild pony foal with a serious birth defect and given her a new chance ...

The hoof continually grows, like human fingernails, to compensate for normal wear and tear. Under natural conditions, horses’ feet wear about the same rate they grow, but the confined horse’s ...

More Hoof Beats: Books for horse lovers Joan Fry is a lifelong horse lover and the author of “Backyard Horsekeeping: The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need” (The Lyons Press, Revised Edition, 2007).

While many horses need shoes, not all do; it depends on the type of riding, the terrain and how frequently the horse is ridden. Those ridden on rocky terrain or concrete are more likely to need shoes.

I was thrilled to learn of a new book, Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History by Dr. William Taylor, an archaeozoologist at the University of Colorado, that answered most of the questions I ...

PHOENIX (CN) — Led by the Center for Biological Diversity, a group of conservationists sued the U.S. Forest Service on Thursday to protect a region of the Tonto National Forest from “hundreds of ...