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, ...

The Greenland sled dog, or Qimmeq (plural Qimmit), is one of the few breeds that can still be found pulling a sled. They have been much more isolated genetically than other traditional sled dogs ...

Genomic data shed light on how populations of sled dogs — and their human handlers — have shifted over past 800 years. Sled dogs in Greenland do not share much of their DNA with wolves ...

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

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

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.

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.

The sled dogs kept by Inuit in Greenland for nearly 1,000 years don’t share much DNA with wolves. Plus, stunning images of nerves across a mouse’s body and what needs to be done to stop the ...

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 ...