Daylight saving time — that pesky, controversial human invention that almost two-thirds of Americans say they want to get rid of — is associated with health problems, sleep loss and “social ...

Previous research has shown that DST can disrupt human sleep ... dogs (Canis familiaris), researchers used motion-sensitive watches to monitor the activity patterns of 25 working sled dogs ...

The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and under siege from a ...

For the sled dogs, the time change was a sudden shift in a strict daily routine. Prior to the clocks going back, handlers ...

The life of a polar sled dog is not an easy one ... daunting that Fuglesteg admits she even considered putting Gripp to sleep rather than allowing him to undergo any more pain, but she couldn ...

If you have ever struggled with the sudden shift in routine imposed by the seasonal "springing forward" and "falling backward" of the clocks, spare a thought for the sled dogs of Ontario ...

Be warned, though – if your dog abruptly pulls on a back clip harness, you'll be pulled along behind, thanks to the 'sled dog effect'. This type of harness isn't designed to improve the behaviour of a ...

Togo, not Balto, was the driving force behind the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, which found teams of mushers and sled dogs delivering ... a long towline to Togo’s harness, picked him up and hurled ...

T he life of a polar sled dog is not an easy one. These animals are hardened to harsh conditions, long hours and tons of ...