The idea is biologically plausible and historically grounded — and it reframes how we think about the origin of pandemics.

But both sides in World War One soon realised the muddy ground, barbed wire and machine guns made it too difficult to use horses for fighting. Instead millions of horses were used to carry people ...

And maybe, when you next see a pigeon fly past or a horse galloping in a field or when you throw me one of those great crunchy sticks, you’ll remember all the animals that helped in the war.

Two men dressed as World War I soldiers have brought ... where competitors ride 160 kilometres in one day. "You've got to well and truly pace yourself," he said. "Try and work out a distance between ...

The truth about the million British horses that served in World War I is even more epic than Steven Spielberg’s War Horse feature film. This documentary tells their extraordinary, moving story ...

American industry provided almost two-thirds of all the Allied military equipment produced during the war ... in the world, possessing a cavalry force of fifty thousand and using horses to ...