And every year, the Iditarod sled dog race is held, a tribute to the use of dog teams in the northern wilderness. The first Iditarod race took place in 1973 and has been an annual event since.

Now, 100 years later, Nome is remembering its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for ... had about 1,400 residents a century ago. Its most recent supply ship had arrived the previous ...

Dogs have been our furry companions for thousands of years, but they didn't always look the way they do today. Many well-known breeds have changed a lot physically in the last century, thanks to ...

It was thought until very recently that dogs were wild until about 12,000 years ago. But DNA analysis published in 1997 suggests a date of about 130,000 years ago for the transformation of wolves ...