Clad in a thick fur coat, Alaskan sled-dog musher Gunnar Kaasen stood next to the hero of the moment: Balto, a Siberian husky who’d helped deliver medicine across a frozen frontier to halt a ...

Michigan Technological University's College of Computing is introducing Balto the robot dog to the campus community. Balto, named for the legendary husky and lead sled dog who ran the last leg of a ...

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.

The secluded star of Cleveland's palace of taxidermy was once the most famous dog in the country, even before he inspired a kids' movie. In 1925, Balto, a Siberian husky, led a team of sled dogs ...

Boats, impeded by sea ice, did not visit Nome in winter, and bush planes were not safe in the cold due to their open cockpits and water-cooled engines. Public health officials agreed that dog sleds ...

The Iditarod, the world’s most famous sled dog race, faces its longest course ever due to a challenging lack of snow across the Alaskan wilderness. This year, mushers and their dog teams will ...

Gunnar Kaasen and with his dog Balto, the heroic dogsled team leader ... "The Serum Run demonstrated the critical role sled dogs played in the survival and communication of remote Alaskan communities, ...

The glowing bronze of this statue on a rock outcropping near the East Drive at 67th Street reflects the loving pats of countless children and adults who recall the story of a heroic dog. In January ...