The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (WFRHBA) of 1971 established all “unbranded or unclaimed” equids on U.S. public lands as “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West.” ...
For social animals, encounters between rival groups can often lead to conflict. While some species avoid this by maintaining fixed territories ...
The horse, a 10-year-old stallion named Bullwinkle, was one of only 200 Banker horses, a breed on the Outer Banks in North Carolina that descended from horses brought over by Spanish explorers. By ...
Rachel Feltman: Wild horses are pretty rare outside of classic rock songs. Some of the most famous ones, like those on Assateague Island, aren’t actually wild at all. They’re the feral descendants of ...
In Kosciuszko National Park in Australia's alpine region, the landscape is slowly changing. Patches of native vegetation cropped bald by horses are regrowing. Some long-eroded creek banks look less ...