A miner discovers a 30,000-year-old squirrel in the Klondike, an intact find from the ice that reveals the secrets of the ancient Yukon.

Brian Barnes did something outrageous earlier this week. The biologist drove to a movie theater. In the middle of the day. Barnes, 70, had time to catch a matinee in Fairbanks because after 38 years ...

Arctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus parryii) are highly vulnerable to climate change but might persist in climate-change refugia in Denali National Park, Alaska. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are ...

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Gold miners in the Yukon are discovering mummified ancient animals from the Ice Age. Paleontologists often gather truckloads of fossils from the mines, but mummies are special and rare. Photos from ...

Discovered: the easily scared are more conservative by nature and politics; watching lots of TV linked to lower sperm count; a really big new prime number; Arctic squirrels that hibernate at sub-zero ...

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EXCITING NEWS OUT OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. RESEARCHERS HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEW SQUIRREL SPECIES, AND ONE OF THOSE RESEARCHERS IS BASED HERE IN THE TRIAD. OUR KELLI KENDALL SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT HOW HIS ...