Belfast-born electronic duo Bicep on their collaboration with Indigenous musicians that calls the world to witness the Arctic ...

Man’s best friend has been our faithful companion for thousands of years. Recently, however, researchers have realized that this inseparability means the DNA of Greenland’s sled dogs, called Qimmit, ...

World’s oldest domesticated dog breed has lived with humans for 1,000 years, new study shows — but their population is plummeting ...

It gives new meaning to dog years. Various types of sled dogs have been used by humans across the Arctic for almost 10,000 years, but new research reveals one particular type to be the oldest ...

The histories of sled dogs and humans in the Arctic have been intricately linked for thousands of years, so it is no surprise that the migration patterns of these dogs mirror those of humans through ...

The Oldest Dog Breed’s DNA Reveals How Humans Conquered the Arctic — and You’ve Probably Never Heard of It Qimmeq dogs have pulled Inuit sleds for 1,000 years — now, they need help to survive.

Using the DNA from both modern dogs and ones found at archaeological sites, researchers have been able to explore the longest history between humans and a breed of dog.

Dogs have been our loyal companions for thousands of years, and some breeds stand out with their remarkable ability to thrive in the harshest of climates. Whether braving bone-chilling cold or ...

Specifically, the Greenland sled dog–called Qimmeq (singular), or Qimmit (plural) in Greenlandic–has a history traceable all the way back 9,500 years to Zhokhov Island in Eastern Siberia.

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