Today's the official birthday of all race horses in Australia which means the breeding season is just a month away. It's about to get very busy for stallions and mares on the stud farms.
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Rodeo's loyalty to the dangerous sport of chuckwagon racing has a lot to do with its history.
Having different coloured eyes is quite unusual, but it happens in many species throughout the animal kingdom.
Horses can stand on three legs and rest the other leg. They can change the leg they rest so that all of their legs get a chance to have a break.
Many immigrants come to the United States chasing the 'American dream.' So do immigrant racehorses, who literally carry the hopes of their trainers and riders on their backs.
It's the last race for Winx this weekend and she's been an incredible race horse. But what makes a good race horse?
A new study examines how to best enforce and prevent animal abuse, including through a dedicated anti-cruelty policing unit.
How the zebra got its stripes is not only a just-so story, but an object of scientific inquiry. New research suggests that stripes help zebras evade biting flies and the deadly diseases they carry.
Evolution can explain why animals are scared – but what can we do to help?
The US went crazy for Seabiscuit when he won his famous 1938 match race against War Admiral. Now researchers are investigating the thoroughbred's DNA to see what made him such an unlikely success.
Tongue-ties are used in Australian horse racing but are banned in most other horse sports.
The 'brumby bill' which passed the NSW upper house late last night, is an embarrassing step backwards for the state.
There is no way to effectively administer fertility control to thousands of horses scattered through a huge national park meaning population growth will only be limited as they run out of food
Failing to cull feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park may end up promoting environmental destruction while actually increasing the horses' suffering.
Humans and horses have developed a unique interspecies language based on physical contact.
Horses have played a major role in our culture and have worked hard for human beings for eons. But there's high turnover and pressing labour issues in horse stables. It's time to figure out why.
A new study of ancient Botai horses turns our knowledge about wild and domestic horses on its head.
New research shows that vaccination against the deadly Hendra virus in horses does not reduce their racing performance.
The cultural meanings of wild horses.
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Today's episode of Essays On Air explores how humans have related to horses over time and across the world, and asks: is it time to rethink how we 'manage' brumbies in the wild?
Essays On Air 01: Introducing Essays On Air.
The Conversation is launching a new podcast, Essays On Air. It's the audio version of our Friday essays, where we bring you the best and most beautiful writing from Australian researchers.
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Paul McGreevy is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Biology, Keele University
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Head of the Equine Centre, Associate Professor of Equine Medicine and Surgery, University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor in Equine Exercise Science, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Research Professor, University of South Australia
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Reader in Equitation Science, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Wollongong
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Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence; Chair of the Labour Studies Department; Member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists; Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, Brock University
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Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Alfred Deakin Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Ecology, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Natural Resource Economics and Policy, University of Arizona
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ARC Future Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
