The winner of last year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska says he's feeling intense pressure to repeat as champion.

Due to a serious lack of snow, Northwest sled dog races are facing cancellation, sending a rippling disappointment through ...

Four barking dogs pulled musher Ryan Redington on a four-wheeler across a frozen lake in Knik, about an hour north of Anchorage. Normally, he said, he’d be training on a sled, but it’s been months ...

Alaska Natives have used dog sleds as a means of transportation for hundreds of years; Potts-Joseph, who was born in ...

Mushers competing in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race departed from Willow Lake early Sunday afternoon, embarking on their 975-mile journey to Nome. This year’s field includes 37 teams, ...

The Iditarod has returned to Anchorage as hundreds of dogs and their mushers line up for the race's ceremonial start.

Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley is a major dog-mushing hub, even in the snow-free offseason. Several Iditarod mushers live and train their teams in the Mat-Su town of Willow, which experiences near ...

Alaskan huskies at Iditarod champion Martin Buser's Happy Trails kennel in Big Lake, Alaska, are ready to run in June 2024. From owning huskies, Alaskan and Siberian, to following the Iditarod every ...

Lead dogs Loot, left and Gale Force, right, lead a nine-dog team on a six-mile mushing loop at Alaskan Husky Adventures.