& Biology and Society & Behavior explain equine anatomy and how it has affected the lives and social structure of horses, and outline current scientific thinking on their behavior, both as individual and herd animals, including information on communication between horses. A chapter on Horses & People provides a thorough overview of the horse's many important roles in human history and today, from pack animal to sporting champion. Finally, the book ends with an engrossing and visually stunning photographic gallery of some fifty popular breeds of horses and ponies with essential information about each.

Filled with surprising facts and insights, this book will delight anyone who loves horses and wants to understand them better.

Provides a comprehensive, richly illustrated introduction to the evolution, development, domestication, and behavior of the horse--fromlife cycle, breeding, coats and colors, and the senses to courtship, parenting, communication, emotions, and learning

Tells the full story of horses, from their earliest fossil ancestors to the modern-day Equus

Offers a detailed survey of how horses and humans have interacted since horses were domesticated, including their use for work and war in the past and recreational and competitive riding today

Features infographics, diagrams, and more than 250 stunning color photographs