Horses were likely the first “vehicle” humans used to travel faster and farther, but when exactly did we start riding them? Scientists at the University of Helsinki have now found archeological ...

We may never know when a human jumped on a horse and rode off into the sunset for the first time, but archaeologists are hard at work trying to understand how horses left the wild and joined humans on ...

Alan Crowhurst / Getty Images Horseback riding was likely a common activity as early as 4,500 to 5,000 years ago, according to a provocative new study that looked at human skeletal remains for small ...

Brand inspector Mike Walck won't soon forget one of the worst cases of animal cruelty he has seen. In mid-November, between Rulison and Parachute, someone shot a horse in the head, leaving the gray ...

The roughly 5,000-year-old human remains were found in graves from the Yamnaya culture, and the discovery may partially explain their rapid expansion throughout Europe. The earliest depictions of ...

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Cyril Bertheau, 24, purchased a horse on Craigslist and is riding it from Austin to Seattle. His viral journey has stirred anger among the equestrian community, which is concerned about his horse's ...