The analysis showed that Balto shared a common ancestry with modern Asian and Arctic canine lineages; the Alaskan sled dog had no detectable wolf ancestry. (Credit: Kathleen Morrill) The study ...

We need to be able to show that the “little brother” has recovered from his woes and has grown up, ready to be a driving ...

In 1925, Balto led a team of sled dogs in a blizzard to deliver lifesaving medication to an Alaska town. His heroic efforts have been recognised in a statue of the dog sitting in New York City's ...

In 1925, Balto, a Siberian husky, led a team of sled dogs through the last stretch of a relay across Alaska, bringing an antitoxin to the town of Nome to stop a diphtheria outbreak. The dogs made ...

Perhaps the two most famous sled dogs are Togo and Balto. In January of 1925, the town of Nome, Alaska was on the brink of a diphtheria epidemic. Children were getting sick and the disease ...

Balto’s genome, the scientists found, possessed certain gene variants that may have helped the dog thrive in the extreme Alaskan environment and endure what is now called the Serum Run.