Here’s how it works. The paw prints and hoof prints of a few meddlesome animals have been preserved for posterity on ancient Roman tiles recently discovered by archaeologists in England.

Photograph by Bobby McCabe Hoof prints left by bighorn sheep are similar to pronghorn tracks, aren’t as curved on the outside and are more straight. They’re also blunter and less pointy at the tips.

The new technique -- called "HOOF-Prints," for Hypervariable Octameric ... caused by Brucella bacteria that induce abortions in many animals, including sheep, goats, cattle, pigs, elk and bison.

Hipparion’s hoof prints apparently lacked a frog on the ... This unique structure provides the animal with both traction and shock absorption during movement. Additionally, the feet of one ...

animals and compared them with modern horse hoof prints, focusing on the details of their foot bones. "In later fossil horses there were only three toes front and back," says vertebrate ...

The animals, such as the Eocene Hyracotherium ... and the Netherlands, analysed hoof prints and foot bones from modern horses and fossil records to discover what happened to the lost digits.