When working with horses, calmness and predictability are crucial. Unsettled situations can lead to dangerous reactions for both animals and people. For this reason, researchers have long been ...

Horses can detect fear in humans by smell, becoming more likely to startle and more wary of people who are scared, a new study has found. Researchers collected samples of odor compounds from the ...

Horses can sniff out fear in humans, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One. The study used cotton pads placed in human participants’ armpits to collect odor samples ...