Balto’s starch-digesting ability fell in between the two groups. The new paper helps separate sled dog myth from reality. Born in Nome in 1919, Balto was considered by his owner, Leonhard ...

As Kaasen rested, he praised Balto, “Damn fine dog.” While Balto and Kaasen only journeyed throughout the final stretch, the ...

Elizabeth Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, leave a hearing at the Robert F. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17 in San José, California, alongside an image of a statue of Balto.

Almanac: Balto 01:57. New York's Central Park has a statue dedicated to him, and there's even been a movie about him: a sled dog named Balto.Now he is the focus of a DNA study, 90 years after he ...

In 1925, a sled dog named Balto led his plucky canine team on the last leg of a grueling 127-hour dogsled relay across Alaska to bring lifesaving medicine to the people of Nome—the famous "Serum ...

Sled dog teams, including Balto’s, transported vials of diphtheria antitoxin in a 674-mile relay from Nenana, Alaska, braving intense winds and wind-chill temperatures of –85 degrees Fahrenheit.

Did you know there was a real-life Balto the hero dog long before there was ever a Balto the movie? Like his Kevin Bacon-voiced counterpart in the delightful 1995 animated feature film (streaming ...

In 1925, a handsome male sled dog named Balto led a 13-dog team that braved blizzard conditions during the grueling final 53-mile (85-km) leg of a 674-mile (1,088-km) dogsled relay, bringing ...

As of Feb. 2, it has been 100 years since Gunnar Kaasen drove a dog team into Nome with the medicine that saved lives and staved off a potential diphtheria epidemic. Famously, Balto was in the ...

A Bel Air man was sentenced to five years, all suspended but one year, after pleading guilty to charges that he drugged and ...