One novice, three-year-old sled dog led the final stretch; his name was Balto. He and his musher, Gunnar Kasson, thundered into Nome just before dawn on February 2 with the life-saving serum.

Apparently, in 2022, Balto met with a bad end ... liked to claim that their sled dogs were borderline wolf—in genes or in action. Jack London wrote two books about it—one in which a dog ...

In 1925, a sled dog named Balto led his plucky canine team on the ... contrary to popular legend, he was not part wolf. The authors even used the sequenced genome to reconstruct Balto's physical ...

If you haven't watched it, then you're in for a real treat. The film follows Balto, a dog who is half-wolf and can't seem to figure out his place in the world. Things change when Balto ends up ...

They compared this genetic material with that of 680 contemporary dogs from 135 breeds. Contrary to a legend that held that Balto was half wolf -- as suggested in an animated Universal Pictures ...

Elizabeth Holmes’ dog Balto, a husky she reportedly described as a wolf, was killed by a cougar, according to a letter from her partner Billy Evans to the judge who is set to sentence her next ...

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 authors ...

Researchers have brought scientific truth to the legend of Balto, settling once and for all the question of whether a wolf or dog led a lifesaving run carrying medicine to sick children.

The Alaskan sled dog Balto shares common ancestry with modern Asian and Arctic canine lineages. He had no discernable wolf ancestry. CREDIT: Kathleen Morrill. “A gene that’s on one chromosome ...