As we enter the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) and address the urgent
need to protect and restore ecosystems and their ecological functions at large scales …

The great importance of the domestic horse in human history and culture has long made it a
significant subject of research. The historical role of the horse and new studies and …

Horse sacrifice and deposition are enigmatic features of funerary rituals identified across
prehistoric Europe that persisted in the eastern Baltic. Genetic and isotopic analysis of …

Polish Konik remains one of the most important horse breeds in Poland. The primitive, native
horses with a stocky body and mouse-like coat color are protected by a conservation …

In recent decades, the integration of horses (Equus ferus) in European rewilding initiatives
has gained widespread popularity due to their potential for regulating vegetation and …

The genus Equus was represented on the Iberian Peninsula by four species during the late
Quaternary: the wild, now extinct, E. ferus (wild horse) and E. hydruntinus (European wild …

Structural rearrangements like copy number variations in the male-specific Y chromosome
have been associated with male fertility phenotypes in human and mouse but have been …

Captive breeding programs working to avoid the loss of threatened wild species are often
working with a limited gene pool of founder individuals which can only be increased with …

Free-ranging grazers are increasingly being introduced to areas of high natural value, such
as wetlands. There is also growing attention that has been paid to the historical role of …

Here we explore the long-term trajectories of human–domestic equid relationships from the
domestication of donkeys and horses to the present day. We consider some of the …