Science Library
February 2024
The unique behavioral traits of our big mammals matter more than arguing about native vs invasive
Research led by Aarhus University, Queensland University, University of Göttingen, University of Pretoria, Rewilding Europe, University of Oxford
Having a higher diversity of large mammals will help control the dominance of one plant species. Read the response from our very own Dr Ross Macphee to this article.
February 2024
Wild French horses outperform domestic horses and sheep by building more native wildlife and plants
Research led by Avignon Université and Aix Marseille Université
Horse grazing maintains and promotes grassland diversity, especially when horses are managed ‘as wild’ - allowing them to express their natural behavior.
October 2023
Wild Horses of the Chilcotin: Their History and Future
Book by Wayne McCrory, professional biologist specializing in wild horses, bears and western toads. He has published more than 90 scientific reports on wildlife and conservation.
Wayne McCrory takes us on a remarkable journey through the 400-year history of the Tˆsilhqot’in people’s sacred Qiyus (Cayuse). Championing the right of these horses to exist as a natural component of the ecosystem, McCrory illuminates the archaic and outdated thinking and laws that must change.
May 2023
Wildlife Stewardship on Tribal Lands: the first comprehensive resource dedicated to the voices and expertise of Native scholars and wildlife professionals
Book by one hundred Native scholars, wildlife managers, legal experts, and conservationists from dozens of tribes
Defines Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Proposes methods of communication between the Indigenous communities and Western resource managers. Develops cultural anthropology curriculum for youth ethnobotanists.
March 2023
Western Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge unite to uncover the deep cultural history of horses in North America
Research led by University of Colorado Boulder, University Paul Sabatier, Oglala Lakota, Pawnee Nation, Comanche Nation, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and more.
Horses spread across America through Indigenous exchange networks. They were deeply integrated into Native communities, culture and ceremonies before the arrival of 18th-century European observers.
February 2023
Bringing back large, wild animals will help protect our planet
Research led by Yale University, the Global Rewilding Alliance, Utah State University, Aarhus University, and more
African wildebeast and elephants, sea otters, grey wolves, tigers, muskox, whales and bison stabilize the climate and habitats thanks to their natural functions.
January 2022
Wild horses crossed into Eurasia from North America according to science
Research led by MacMaster University and the American Museum of Natural History
The Bering Strait land bridge allowed horses and other Pleistocene megafauna to migrate to and from continents. Horses that originated in North America were thus able to populate Eurasia.
December 2021
Born to Rewild: Triumphs of a Now Fearless Woman
Book by Manda Kalimian
Read Manda's breathtaking story of saving the legacy of wild horses in America, where she releases dozens to freedom, makes new friends in the Native American community and travels internationally to raise awareness.
December 2021
New discovery of North American horse and woolly mammoth DNA shows they survived much longer than their supposed extinction
Research led by MacMaster University and the American Museum of Natural History
DNA collected from soil shows that wild horses have roamed in North America since at least 6,000 years ago, indicating that native people and horses coexisted for thousands of years on the continent.
January 2019
Grasslands are richer in bumblebees, butterfly and pollinating plants when wild horses graze them
Research led by Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Rewilding interventions with large mammalian herbivores can not only stop, but reverse the loss of native wildlife and habitat by promoting crucial relationships between plants and pollinators in grassland ecosystems.
November 2015
Yakutian horse breaks record in its ability to adapt to extreme temperatures of the Arctic
Research led by the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
Siberian horses have learned that eating and digesting more slowly reduces their body heat and helps them withstand temperatures of -90F.
Incredibly, they enter into a kind of hibernatation while standing.