Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Archaeologists working in the ...

BEECHER, Ill. -- Mexico's oldest sport is charrería. "It's considered the national sport - everyone thinks it's soccer but it's charrería," said Vereniz Llamas. The men who practice the equestrian ...

Losing someone dear at any age can present a challenge that greatly influences the path one takes in life. When I was five years old, I received the devastating news that my father passed away ...

FRIEDENSBURG – Twenty-three years ago, Craig Sterner began therapeutic horse riding at Long Run Stables just outside Friedensburg. Now 40 years old, Sterner, who suffers from Down syndrome, hopped ...

KIPPER WAS SWEET, with big brown eyes and a white blaze on her nose. The 23-year-old Thoroughbred seemed gentle, and Phoenix Farm owner Teri Duplass told me her history as we walked from her stall to ...

A smart and self-powered horse-riding saddle that helps the user improve their form and even alerts others if they take a fall has been developed by scientists. The saddle — which is powered by the ...

For some, it's about the bond that forms between a horse and its rider as they work the ranch, or the beauty and majesty of a horse at full gallop as it leaps over obstacles on a jump course. For ...