Saint Mary’s students gain insight into lives of Sable Island horses by studying skulls

by Suzanne Rent December 14, 2022December 14, 2022

Katharyn Chadwick, left, and Richard Orton are PhD students at Saint Mary's University who are working on a project studying horse skulls collected from Sable Island. Credit: Suzanne Rent

Katharyn Chadwick and Richard Orton studied more than 700 horse skulls collected from the island since the 1980s.

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Saint Mary’s students gain insight into lives of Sable Island horses by studying skulls

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