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 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 ...

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.

One of the biggest events in Greenland’s sporting calendar starts with the sound of 400 barking sled dogs. Husky-sized, with dense fur like arctic foxes, the dogs howl in anticipation of the ...

Greenland is home to the Arctic’s largest remaining sled dog population and has a long tradition of dog sled culture. More recently, the sport has been under threat by a warming climate. The ...

Genetics researchers have sequenced the genomes of Greenland sled dogs, shedding light on both the development of this breed and Greenland's human history.

She didn’t. But a lot of people talked about this as the mushers did their work. Greenland’s national dog sled race in Sisimiut, Greenland, on Saturday. Video by Maya Tekeli ...

ILULISSAT, Greenland — When Stella Davidsen Olsen was 12 years old, her father presented her and her twin sister with a choice. Her family owned sled dogs, which can be expensive and a lot of work.

To explore the ancient origins of this sled dog, Feuerborn, Hansen and their colleagues sampled DNA from 92 Qimmit, analyzing each dog’s genome — its full set of genetic instructions.