Two new papers analyze fossils found in Canada and Kenya, respectively—vastly different environments for the preservation of genetic material ...

The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know?

Researchers analyzed ancient and modern genetic samples of the Greenlandic Qimmit breed to shed light on the long ...

A study published on July 10 in the journal Science maps the path of Greenland sled dogs from their ancient origins to the present day. Researchers sequenced the genomes of 92 dogs from regions of ...

Centuries-old DNA has confirmed that Greenland ’s sledge dog Qimmit is the oldest yet known domesticated dog breed, a ...

New simulations reveal that an ancient ocean of magma located above the Earth's core continues to shape the planet's ...

Greenland's relatively isolated indigenous culture finds itself increasingly exposed to the world just as Trump pushes to ...

Genomic data shed light on how populations of sled dogs — and their human handlers — have shifted over past 800 years.

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...

Quark Expeditions has two magnificent Arctic cruises in August 2026 that will take in the total solar eclipse, true ...

Using the DNA from both modern dogs and ones found at archaeological sites, researchers have been able to explore the longest ...

The histories of sled dogs and humans in the Arctic have been intricately linked for thousands of years, so it is no surprise ...