The histories of sled dogs and humans in the Arctic have been intricately linked for thousands of years, so it is no surprise ...

Various types of sled dogs have been used by humans across the Arctic for almost 10,000 years, but new research reveals one ...

Greenland's relatively isolated indigenous culture finds itself increasingly exposed to the world just as Trump pushes to ...

Centuries-old DNA has confirmed that Greenland ’s sledge dog Qimmit is the oldest yet known domesticated dog breed, a ...

Using the DNA from both modern dogs and ones found at archaeological sites, researchers have been able to explore the longest ...

A study published on July 10 in the journal Science maps the path of Greenland sled dogs from their ancient origins to the present day. Researchers sequenced the genomes of 92 dogs from regions of ...

Throughout their long history, Qimmit have remained working dogs–still almost exclusively bred by mushers to pull sleds for ...

A genomic analysis of Greenland’s Qimmeq dogs suggest they and their human partners arrived on the island centuries earlier than previously thought.

Different governments have taken different approaches to this competition. Norway is trying to replace immigrants with the ...

Genomic data shed light on how populations of sled dogs — and their human handlers — have shifted over past 800 years.

Air Inuit selects a handful of people from Nunavik to train in its Sparrow program, meant to increase the number of Inuit ...

For centuries, Denmark has presented itself as a good colonial power in Greenland. But, over time, the dark history of a ...