HORSES have their own “language” with more than 800 facial expressions, scientists have found. Researchers set out to unravel ...

When I started horse riding lessons at the age of eight, I was told that if a horse had its ears forward that was a good sign ...

From uncomfortable family portraits to forced workplace smiles, our brains often sense something’s off before we can explain ...

Scientists from the University of Portsmouth's Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology have created the first anatomically-based descriptions (ethogram) of equine facial behavior, mapping ...

The first function is to provide motor instructions to your facial muscles. These signals instigate facial expressions. The second primary function is to provide a pathway for your facial nerves ...

Botulinum Toxin, Emotional Anatomy, and Mood Modulation,” published in the May 2025 issue of Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology ...

The study added that muscle movements associated with biological ... include cats living in other locations…looking at the facial expressions of cats living in multi-cat homes, feral colonies ...

We often regard the fuzzy felines sharing our homes as still something of a mystery. Cats, like dogs, can make loving, fulfilling and entertaining pets, but they are distinctly different from our ...

Cats have 276 distinct facial expressions, a discovery that turns on its head the popular belief that our pet felines are aloof and just not that into us. In fact, cats likely evolved these ...

Each has a different function. For example ... lateral rectus muscle within the bony orbit. movement of muscles that produce facial expression movement of the lacrimal, submaxillary, and ...

Research into horse facial expressions began in 2014 with identifying ... which correspond to the contraction of particular facial muscles; and action descriptors, which correspond to more general ...