When the lights come up at the Thomas & Mack Center and the gate clangs open, the crowd sees eight seconds of controlled chaos. But behind every wild ride at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo lies ...

The pistol fires, its sound echoing through the arena and signaling the beginning of the end. In a split second, the horses explode into a chaotic motion. A cloud of dust surfaces as muscle and ...

Driving over the cattle guards that mark the boundaries of the Las Vegas Valley, Southern Nevadans are likely to come across an equine friend or two. Or a herd of them. Wild horses and burros, ...

STONEHAM, Colo. — The National Western Stock Show has some of the most elite professional rodeos in the world, and the horses featured in the shows are raised right here in Colorado. But there are a ...

MEDORA, N.D. — The first major roundup of wild horses at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in more than a decade will mark the beginning of a new era of managing the historic herd. The National Park ...

After two hours of pre-dawn driving up rugged dirt roads into canyons and plateaus northwest of De Beque, a small caravan of bleary-eyed travelers arrived at a rocky outcropping overlooking Monument ...

This post was updated April 22 at 9:23 p.m. It’s easy to lose sight of untouched nature in a city like Los Angeles. Helicopters and airplanes often look like birds, freedom from traffic often seems ...

As Tumbarumba prepares to ring in the new year, the town will also celebrate a major milestone: the 80th Tumbarumba Rodeo, held on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day at the Tumbarumba Showgrounds.

FREMONT COUNTY — The sunlight had barely broken above the horizon of the small park when Carol Stires started calling for the wild horse she’d befriended. “River! Pretty boy!” she yelled into the ...

When you’re out in the mountains, you’ve probably received occasional warnings of a black bear in the area. But when was the last time you actually saw one? Encounters are rare, but consider this: For ...

For the third year in a row, the agency expects to spend more than $100 million on caring for captured horses. Finding savings is difficult. It costs the Bureau of Land Management more than $100 ...