Horses are magnificent creatures. The oldest ancestors of wild horses evolved nearly four million years ago and ran in large herds across grasslands. It was believed that the Spanish were among the ...

For the first time, a research team from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment at the University of Tübingen and the Schöningen Research Center have reconstructed the genomes ...

Horses have been companions to humans for millennia, but some breeds stand out for their exceptional traits, historical importance and adaptability to extreme climates. From the iridescent Akhal-Teke ...

The speed of horses has been renowned since time immemorial. Some horses were so fast that they served as the primary means of rapid transportation in the ancient world. Horse speed was such an ...