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The sabertooth cat is an Ice Age icon and emblem of strength, tenacity and intelligence. These animals shared the North American landscape with other large carnivores, including short-faced bears, dire wolves and the American lion, as well as megaherbivores including mammoths, mastodons, muskoxen and long-horned bison. Then at the end of the Pleistocene, between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, they all vanished. The…

In the late 19th century, researchers discovered, in separate studies, that horses and humans have a small bone at the tip of their hoof and finger, respectively. Since then, research on the anatomical development of many animals—including horses, humans, and other species—has forged on, but little attention has since been given to this bony structure, which went unnamed for more than 100 years.

There's plenty of aggression in the bird world, but little armed violence.

The big cats are stealthy predators, but the mountain-climbing ungulates are agile defenders

Przewalski's horses, once extinct in the wild, are revitalizing Kazakhstan's "Golden Steppe"

Baby horses are born with something called "foal slippers". I would have guessed that horses came out of the womb with smooth, pretty little hooves. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Baby hor…

Close to 300 charges were filed against the owners of nearly 50 horses, donkeys and a pig that humane agents said were starving, had serious medical problems and were living in squalid conditions in a West Deer barn. Authorities who visited the property to confiscate the neglected animals said they

Ellie, a 110-pound pet pig, has given Wyverne Flatt a sense of comfort since 2018 as he has gone through distressing times, he says. But zoning laws in his town say the farm animal has to go. With an impending trial, he could risk losing his pig or face jail time.

Donkeys, also called burros and asses, are found throughout the world.

Babirusas are believed to have diverged from their pig ancestors between 26 million and 12 million years ago after getting isolated on Sulawesi when sea levels rose at the end of the last ice age.

While whales moved from living on land to an existence immersed in water, pinnipeds embraced an amphibious lifestyle

Our beloved equine friends are full of surprises. Learn how long horses live and other fun facts you probably didn't know.

The distant ancestors of modern horses had hooved toes instead of a single hoof, which vanished over time, according to researchers.

The right pair of shoes can make all the difference. This is as true for horses as it is for people, according to new research from animal scientists and engineers from UConn.

The world's largest wild population of water buffalo now roam Australia. As does the largest wild herd of camels. We have millions of feral goats and deer. For these introduced species, Australia is a paradise. Plenty of vegetation, and not many predators, other than dingoes, crocodiles and humans.

William Simpson wants to deploy the wild horses across public lands, to live and graze — and ultimately, prevent the worst wildfires.

Maps of the journey show the importance of conserving vast, unfenced landscapes to aid the survival of Mongolian gazelles

Phiomicetus anubis was a four-legged whale that roamed the Earth 43 million years ago, and has been given the nickname 'the God of Death.'

The sabertooth cat is an Ice Age icon and emblem of strength, tenacity and intelligence. These animals shared the North American landscape with other large carnivores, including short-faced bears, dire wolves and the American lion, as well as megaherbivores including mammoths, mastodons, muskoxen an...

A trove of Paleolithic era animal bones is giving Spanish archaeologists more insight into the lives of Neanderthals thousands of years ago.