Wild donkeys and horses dig wells in the desert, help life thrive
The wells are often the only source of water for miles in the middle of a scorching desert.
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Researchers want to clone 40,000-year-old extinct horse — a step towards woolly mammoth resurrection
A 40,000-year-old baby horse recovered from Siberian ice may help de-extinct species.
Perfectly preserved 40,000-year-old foal belonging to now-extinct horse found in Siberian Permafrost
The baby horse still has its fur coat and hoofs.
Mongolian herders were the first horse dentists, 3,000 years ago
Horses continue to be central to Mongolian daily life even thousands of years later.
Saddle up: New evidence forces us to rethink what we know about horse history
Instead of the domesticated horses deriving from today's wild horses, it's the other way around.
2,000-year-old horseracing rules found in Turkey
Gentlemanly rules for an ancient sport.
Horse domestication origins revealed after extensive gene study
Horses are arguably one of the most helpful animals man has ever managed to domesticate. At first they were used ...
The first horse was the size of house cat and got even smaller as climate warmed 56 million years ago
Bergmann’s rule states that mammals of a given genus or species are smaller in hotter climates, and bigger in colder climates. ...
Cavemen had spotted horses – and they painted them
The black and white spotted horses found on cave paintings existed during the last ice age, some 25.000 years ago, ...