Seventeen mushers embarked upriver in the 46th running of the Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race this weekend, visiting the ...

A collection of the best images from the cameras of Independent Record photographers last week: Charmayne Morrison of Bozeman ...

Alaskan Malamutes were originally bred as working sled dogs and they have extremely high energy levels. As such, they are ...

In a new study, researchers at the University of Toronto aimed to find out whether pet dogs and working dogs need to take any ...

The result is that many modern breeds suffer from ailments that dog lovers never would have deliberately selected for.

The Westminster Kennel Club dog show is back for a 149th year — and back at New York's Madison Square Garden for the first ...

The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...

Mike Bestgen, a 66-year-old resident of St. Cloud, Minnesota, has been a competitive sled dog racer for over 25 years.

While some changes in mushing come from development in the sport, others have been forced by a changing climate. One part of ...

Clad in a thick fur coat, Alaskan sled-dog musher Gunnar Kaasen stood next ... Seppala embracing Togo in 1925 Bettmann via Getty Images Seppala in 1916 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons ...

That happens today and Sunday when Dennis and Royalton resident Bekka Haase race their teams of five huskies in the 6.5-mile sprint at the Tug Hill Challenge Sled Dog Races in northern New York.