When most people imagine paleontologists at work, they likely envision researchers investigating giant dinosaur fossils or a ...

Ancient poop left behind by Arctic ground squirrels ended up containing a remarkable array of genetic information, a study ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gold miners in the Yukon are discovering mummified ancient animals from the Ice Age. Paleontologists often gather truckloads of ...

Ground squirrel droppings, preserved for millennia in the Yukon's deep permafrost, have yielded an enormous amount of ...

In a new study, fossilized droppings suggested that ancient ground squirrels ate the meat of much larger animals, including ...

A piece of woolly mammoth skin excavated from the Siberian permafrost has been found to contain fossil chromosomes in a first-of-its-kind discovery, according to a new study. Researchers unearthed the ...

When researchers began unearthing tiny dinosaur bones and teeth from the frozen ground of northern Alaska’s Prince Creek Formation, they expected to find surprises. What they did not expect was ...

Gold miners in the Yukon have made a habit of finding ancient fossils and mummified animals for scientists as their equipment plows through permafrost. Recent finds include a fully mummified woolly ...

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Miners are digging up more than just gold in the Yukon, Canada's frigid northwestern territory bordering Alaska. They keep discovering ancient bones and mummified animals, including a perfectly frozen ...