EditorialVisitors ride horses during a tour with Canyon Trail Rides through Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, May 12, 2023. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialDr. Tarek Isha, right, a veterinarian, and veterinary student Dereck Alejandro Morin anesthesize a mule during an RVETS clinic in the community of Las Palmitas, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, on April 13, 2023. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
EditorialTwo men dressed in elaborate ox and mule costumes perform a mock fight — an homage to the characters in the Bible’s Nativity scene — during Christmas celebrations in Quinamayó, Colombia, on Feb. 19, 2023. (Jaír F. Coll/The New York Times)
EditorialTwo men dressed in elaborate ox and mule costumes perform a mock fight — an homage to the characters in the Bible’s Nativity scene — during Christmas celebrations in Quinamayó, Colombia, on Feb. 19, 2023. (Jaír F. Coll/The New York Times)
EditorialTwo men dressed in elaborate ox and mule costumes perform a mock fight — an homage to the characters in the Bible’s Nativity scene — during Christmas celebrations in Quinamayó, Colombia, on Feb. 19, 2023. (Jaír F. Coll/The New York Times)
EditorialNoah Thomas, a fashion editor and co-founder of Mule Boyz, a wry Instagram account dedicated to the footwear, in Los Angeles, Aug. 27, 2021. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times)
EditorialDenise Newton, 24, who was contacted by a company called Heies this year after she lost her job, in Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 13, 2020. (Wes Frazer/The New York Times)
EditorialDenise Newton, 24, who was contacted by a company called Heies this year after she lost her job, in Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 13, 2020. (Wes Frazer/The New York Times)