The horses tasked with leading the caissons carrying the caskets of fallen service members during funeral honors at Arlington National Cemetery are taking a year-long pause for rehab.

While both humans and horses can sport shoes, our equine friends don’t need to worry about maintaining their toes. However, that was not always the case. A new literature review published on ...

Effort underway to improve conditions after Arlington National Cemetery pauses use of horses Arlington, Virginia — The horse-drawn caisson for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery is one of ...

The researchers found that these mutations, which arose in the ancestors of all modern horses, allow their muscle cells to produce up to five times more energy than mouse cells, while ...

The Army is planning to put most of its horses up for adoption after ending most of their ceremonial programs. The Old Guard ceremonial caisson units at Joint Base San Antonio and Arlington ...

Horses were domesticated on the steppes of Asia more than 4,000 years ago, new genetic evidence suggests. The animals are still important parts of culture today. Here, a rider herds horses in ...

The entire world’s population of Przewalski’s horses once dwindled to a mere dozen. So how did a pair named Fiona and Shrek end up in livestock auctions in the West?