Horse Biology

Horses have a story to tell - one of resilience, sociability, and intelligence and of partnership with human beings. In The Horse, journalist and equestrienne Wendy Williams brings that story brilliantly to life. Williams chronicles the 56-million-year journey of horses as she visits with experts around the world, exploring what our biological affinities and differences can tell us about the bond between horses and humans and what our longtime companions might think and feel.

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Riding Home:The Power of Horses to Heal, is the first and only audiobook to scientifically and experientially explain why horses have the extraordinary ability to emotionally transform the lives of thousands of men, women and children, whether they are horse lovers, or suffering from deep...

Stranded on a remote island, Ethan Faulk could use a friend. After five years without his family on Kentavros, all he wants is to reach California and search for them. Instead, he’s forced to live in his horse form on a remote island just to survive. When a research team lands on the island, he sees his chance to escape, but how can he get them to take him with them? Katie Hughes has always been a loner, and her overprotective aunt hasn’t helped her grow. After making friends with a black stallion on a remote nature preserve, she doesn’t feel so alone. The animal can’t stay on the ...

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This audiobook features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun that is Horses (A Day in the Life). "A fascinating, easy-to-understand primer for anyone curious about horses." —Kirkus Set over a 24-hour period, meet fighting stallions, cute foals, and nosy donkeys in this...

An expert on otters dives into their wild and wonderful world You’ve heard of a murder of crows and a pride of lions—but what about a romp of otters? In this informative and entertaining book, animal behaviorist Heide Island takes readers on an odyssey through otterdom, focusing on a family...

More than anything else, this is a book about love. In this deeply moving account, you will hear about Rambo, a sheep who informs the staff when another animal is in trouble; and Paulie, a former cockfighting rooster who eats lunch with humans; Dino, an old toothless pony who survived a fire; and many more. Alongside these horses, roosters, pigs, sheep, rabbits, cows, and other animals is a staff of loving humans for whom every animal life, even that of a frog rushed to the vet for emergency surgery, has merit.

Reconnect to the wisdom of the land, animals and the moon, and be inspired to find your power and freedom in this poetic memoir. Do you long to be amongst nature, in the wild, remote, untouched places, where the moon nears full, and the energy is visible and present? Do you feel as if you...

How does a foal grow into a horse? Follow each step in nature's cycle - from birth to stallion or mare - in this fascinating book!

Join Papa and Little One on a very ordinary day, as they explore Little One's big question: 'what do we need?' Together, they decide they need lots of things—clean water, friends, a home—but, above all, they need each other.