The healing qualities of animal companionship are hard to deny. From veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder to people who have seizures, all kinds of people can get help from animals ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Each month we focus on a Southern Arizona nonprofit with our "Giving Project—Doing Well by Doing Good." This July, KGUN 9 is shining the spotlight on TROT: Therapeutic Riding of ...

It’s a chilly Wednesday morning at Mark Reyner Stables. Rider Wesley Boucher has just arrived, ready to get back in the arena after some heavy snow scrubbed last week’s lesson. After clipping on his ...

Horseback riding was likely a common activity as early as 4,500 to 5,000 years ago, according to a provocative new study that looked at human skeletal remains for small signs of the physical stress ...

Horses and Humans Research Foundation announces an open call for proposals for research projects focusing on horse and human interaction. We invite submissions from researchers across disciplines who ...

The earliest evidence of horse riding has been found in 5000-year-old human skeletons from south-east Europe. The bones of nine men from graves in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania show hallmarks of horse ...