Cats are famous for their ability to nap anywhere and everywhere, but horses have a cool naptime trick too. They can get some shut-eye while standing up! (Why couldn’t humans have inherited this ...

DEAR DR. WELDY’S: “I like to watch my horses through my kitchen window while doing dishes. I often see them standing motionless or sometimes lying down on their side, which made me wonder, do horses ...

Horses who get their beauty sleep learn better than their sleep-deprived counterparts, a new study has found. Researchers at the University of Helsinki discovered that horses who had more than 30 ...

While you’re tucked up in bed at night getting some much-needed ZZZs, your horse is probably wide awake. Horses don’t need as much sleep as people do and are actually very active through the hours of ...

Researchers at the University of Helsinki developed an entirely new learning test suited to field conditions. The testing can be done in horses' enclosures and other familiar environments. Just as for ...

If you observe horses in the pasture, you'll often see them dozing while standing. But do horses really only sleep standing ...

When we picture a rescued horse thriving, we might envision it galloping freely through open pastures. But for one white horse, true happiness looks a little different—flat on its side, sound asleep, ...