Most people think of Balto as the heroic dog who saved the town of Nome, Alaska, from an outbreak of diphtheria in 1925, but Togo the Siberian husky was the head of the sled dog team that ran 260 ...
A dog owner got the surprise of her life when she checked her pet cam, only to discover her mischievous Alaskan Malamute, Shiloh, had something unusual around his neck—the cat flap.
The findings offer some of the earliest evidence of dog domestication in the Americas, older than the 10,000-year-old remains, also from Alaska, that were the subject of a 2021 study.
This six-dog race, still held in Tok, Alaska remains Huson’s favorite event. Now retired from racing, Huson has her eyes on a physically smaller prize with a greater impact–understanding sled ...