How do horses make their signature high pitched whinny? It's a question that’s puzzled researchers and seems to go against what would be typical for such a big animal. However, new research has ...

They found that a single whinny can include simultaneous low and high sounds, suggesting that horses have a richer spectrum of calls than other mammals. The low sounds in horse whinnies are at a ...

A few small rodents like rats and mice whistle like this, but horses are the first known large mammal to have a knack for it. They're also the only animals known to be able to whistle through their ...

A new study found that horses are whistling and vibrating their vocal cords at the same time to create the distinct neigh that accompanies the animal.