Meet the Qimmit, Greenand's genetically diverse sled dogs that have been long-time Artic companions.

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

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

Like the icy ocean depths it inhabits, the Greenland shark is ancient, vast, and hella mysterious. Thanks to a new study from ...

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

Classical archaeologist Michael Guggenberger, who has published several studies on the objects, described them in a 2000 ...

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 ...

A new study in Science uses ancient and modern DNA to tell the Qimmeq’s story. It’s a story not just about dogs, but also ...

Various types of sled dogs have been used by humans across the Arctic for almost 10,000 years, but new research reveals one ...

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

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

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