Why run a marathon when you can just ride a horse? The fine folks at The Onion recently covered the New York City marathon in

A New Mexico calf might provide an example of advances in livestock prosthetic technology. Meadow, a yearling Black Angus calf, sustained major damage to her

Behind a blockade through which only humanitarian and basic supplies are allowed, Gaza’s Happy Land Zoo gets creative when it comes to introducing new animals

A zedonk (a zebra/donkey hybrid) at a farm market in Spring Lake, Fla., attacked a worker last weekend, biting the man on his feet and

Ahh, Aruba. White sand, turquoise water, and donkeys. Donkeys? Yes, lots of them, as I was lucky enough to be able to verify in person

According to ChinaDaily.com, a horse in Inner Mongolia "ran amok" in a business hall after escaping from a slaughter house, where it was due to be

Five days after she went missing, Houston mare Miss B turned up at a bus stop, The Houston Chronicle reported. Her owners’ friend alerted the

Eddie, a 9-year-old gray Arabian gelding from Powell, Wyo., survived a wild ride last week after the trail beneath him collapsed, sending him through water

A 77-year-old woman from the U.K. died of injuries she sustained when struck by a spooked zebra, a new coroner’s report concluded. Eileen Whale was staying

After weeks of news on a female track athlete’s gender testing and associated scandal regarding officials’ handling of the issue, it’s timely to point out

Swimming with dolphins? That’s so last year. Try riding with dolphins. A Bradenton, Fla., horse owner is offering "horse surfing" for those looking for a

The ever-expanding waistlines of some burros in Oatman, Ariz., have prompted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to ask tourists to kindly refrain from feeding

Earlier this month we reported on a sad incident on a French beach in which a horse and rider fell into decomposing green algae. Toxic

We’ve nearly let a season pass us by without another round of readers’ horse haikus! Read the great submissions on the springtime haiku post.  

Ten horses with the St. Louis police department’s mounted patrol division were tested for lead poisoning earlier this week after high levels of the toxic

"Win a Horse-Powered Car. Horse Not Included." How can we not click on this headline? Iranian inventor Hadi Mirhejazi is offering his horse-powered car, its