Alaskan Huskies are not Siberian Huskies. In fact, they aren’t technically a breed, per se, but more of a dog type, according to ASPCA Pet Health Insurance. Some of the official breeds believed to ...

Balto and his owner, Gunnar Kasson, circa 1925. (Image credit: Cleveland Public Library/Photograph Collection) After Balto died in 1933 at the Cleveland Zoo, his taxidermy mount was put on display at ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – New research co-led by Cornell University examines thousands of years of Arctic sled dog ancestry and reveals when and how Siberian and Alaskan sled dogs’ DNA mixed. “There was a real ...

Siberian Huskies are the 12th most popular dog breed in the United States. The Siberian Husky breed originated in northeast Asia. These dogs were kept by the Chukchi people as both family pets and ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Druid and Vodka are two of Jonathan Hayes’ Seppala Siberian sled dogs in ...

Twenty-year-old Dima Kovalev of Lisvyanka, Russia, is zipping us over the snow and through the woods behind a half-dozen excited sled dogs. “All the dogs are different,” he says. “Some are funny, ...

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The past three decades or so have produced a remarkable number of articles attempting to solve the mysteries surrounding the origins and nature of dogs, that polyglot horde of canines who share the ...

The sled dog Balto has been celebrated in books and movies for his role in delivering desperately needed diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, in 1925. Now, his DNA has enabled scientists to explore ...