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.

The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals is now caring for several horses seized from poor conditions, working ...

Horses that were presented with cotton pads soaked in a scared human’s sweat showed more signs of fear themselves ...

Horsepower means something different at Whispering Manes Therapeutic Riding Center. For the kids enrolled in the programs there, it’s almost a superpower. Using horses as physical and emotional ...

Cincinnati Animal CARE is asking for the public’s help after seizing 18 horses from a local equestrian facility earlier this week.According to a post from the organization, the horses were taken into ...

These horses might look like ordinary horses, but there is something highly unusual about their genomes. They are the first of their species to have their DNA edited using CRISPR–Cas9, a technique ...

Jacob Deutsch tells PEOPLE he will keep rescuing at-risk animals for "as long as it takes" for the current L.A. fires to stop Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

People in Southern California have risked their own safety to rescue animals, both big and small, from the wildfires that have killed 27 people and displaced many more after thousands of structures ...

CLEMENTS, California (KOVR) — Volunteers spent two days rescuing dozens of horses and animals at the center of an animal abuse investigation in San Joaquin County after dozens of dead or malnourished ...

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 ...

Communication between species has a long and wishful history, beginning with myths, legends, and stories like those of King Solomon and Doctor Dolittle. In the past century, that history has blossomed ...

Different Lives, Different Kinds of Intelligence Dogs and horses grew up in very different worlds, and their intelligence ...