The Iditarod is already preparing to take care of the 2026 Return Dogs, and they could use the public’s help to do it.

In an announcement Tuesday, the Iditarod Trail Committee said it had selected musher Dan Carter for the role. Carter ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod has punished three mushers for taking their dogs inside shelter cabins during fierce storms at the tail end of this year's race. Mushers Mille Porsild of Denmark ...

Mar. 10—The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday recorded its first 2024 dog death. Around 9:46 a.m. Sunday, a 2-year-old dog named Bog running on rookie Isaac Teaford's team collapsed about 200 ...

Super-fit Iditarod dogs may be as famous as the human mushers who accompany them to the finish line in Nome – and even more accomplished. One given name is enough for these incredible dogs, but like ...

Mar. 8—A dog that collapsed and died Friday during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race turned out to be pregnant, race officials said. Race marshal Warren Palfrey said in a statement Friday that Ventana, ...

In this March 6, 1999 file photo, soap opera star Susan Lucci takes a ride in the sled of musher Rick Mackey at the start of the 27th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Al ...

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star on “Life Below Zero,” won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Friday morning, crossing under the burled arch in Nome, Alaska, around ...

An Iditarod sled dog was found safe after disappearing from a checkpoint in the race three months ago and covering nearly 150 miles, the Iditarod Trail Committee said Saturday. Musher Sebastien Dos ...

Mar. 7—A dog on the team of rookie musher Daniel Klein died Friday during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race outside Galena, race officials said. Race marshal Warren Palfrey said in a statement that ...

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