Greenland sled dogs, known asQimmeq in Greenlandic, have long played a vital role in the Arctic, assisting Inuit people in the harshest of environments. But new DNA analysis of both modern and ancient ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Uralic languages, which includes Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian, are distinctly different from Indo-European languages that ...

Throughout their long history, Qimmit have remained working dogs–still almost exclusively bred by mushers to pull sleds for ...

A genomic analysis of Greenland’s Qimmeq dogs suggest they and their human partners arrived on the island centuries earlier than previously thought.

The left map illustrates the cumulative melt days on the Greenland Ice Sheet for the 2025 melt season through June 30. The ...

Genomic insights into Greenland's iconic sled dog reveal a rich history of Inuit migration and Arctic adaptation, according to a new study. The ...