Horse cross breeding dates back millennia, with mentions of mules (a horse crossed with a donkey) appearing in the Bible during King David's reign around 1000 BCE. Before that, the Botai people of ...

WASHINGTON, June 7 (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 ...

Across human history, no single animal has had a deeper impact on human societies than the horse. However, when and how people domesticated horses has been an ongoing scientific mystery. As they ...

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 ...

Humans have an extensive relationship with horses. Over the course of thousands of years, we’ve bred them into sleek racing models and sturdy farm workers. The miniature horse breed is a fascinating ...

Researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science s (VMBS) are helping uncover new information about the Y chromosome in horses, which will help owners identify ...

Horses have been intertwined with human culture since at least 2000 B.C.E. and were associated with certain human groups even earlier. “Horses are the animal that has changed history,” says Ludovic ...