Ever thought of "jazzing" up your stables? Or getting your horses to "rock 'n' roll" in the stall? Better reconsider your music choices. According to British researchers, classical and country sounds ...

Domestic horses sometimes engage in stereotyped behaviors (a repetitive movement that appears to have no purpose or function.) In horses, these behaviors may include cribbing, pawing, head shaking, ...

Horses' behavior is influenced by the smell of fear, reveals new research. Mares and stallions exposed to the smell of human fear exhibited higher levels of fearful behavior and were less inclined to ...

Scientists from the University of Portsmouth's Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology have created the first anatomically-based descriptions (ethogram) of equine facial behavior, mapping ...

Is it the right horse for the job? Temple Grandin suggests looking into its genes to find out. Grandin, Colorado State University's renowned expert in animal behavior, will be teaming up with a ...

It's common knowledge that horses' individual personalities play a role in how they behave. Scientists have even developed various equine personality tests—most of which use objective criteria in a ...

* Oct. 6, Saturday -- Horse enthusiasts will join veterinarians and other horse professionals for a daylong meeting focused on horse behavior. The Equine Behavior Symposium 2001, coordinated by the UC ...

In partnership with Equitation Science International, Purdue University offers a distinctive online certificate for horse enthusiasts and professionals seeking a more informed, ethical approach to ...

High rein tension was found to be associated with trotters opening their mouths, which indicates pain or discomfort in the mouth. In a pilot study carried out at the University of Helsinki, high rein ...

Psychotherapists have plumbed all sorts of relationships in their quest to understand and improve human communication, so perhaps it was only a matter of time before they studied horse sense. Herd ...