paleontology This weird wrinkly brown leather ball is actually a 30,000-year-old squirrel David Pescovitz

archaeology Ancient squirrel droppings unlock Ice Age DNA goldmine Séamus Bellamy

In 1964, a dad's photo of his daughter captured a figure in a spacesuit — a mystery that still baffles Ellsworth Toohey

Food Here's a guide to picking the best potato variety for mashing, baking, or frying Mark Frauenfelder

mistakes Canadian authorities hope that releasing low-quality photocopy of Yukon UFO photo will make people less interested in seeing the real thing Rob Beschizza

air travel Southwest plane drops dangerously low over Oklahoma, scaring people inside their homes Carla Sinclair

crime A carpenter used Apple AirTags to find his stolen tools — along with 15,000 others (video) Carla Sinclair

cars AirTag tracks stolen Yukon from Toronto to Dubai Rob Beschizza

politics Target stores in Oklahoma evacuated after bomb threats Rob Beschizza

British Columbia How Canada's pedestrian-controlled intersections actually work Andrew Yi

canada 30,000-year old mummified Wooly Mammoth pup discovered in Canada Thom Dunn

paleontology Incredibly well-preserved baby woolly mammoth found by gold miner in the Yukon David Pescovitz

Science This otherworldly timelapse of the Aurora Borealis is astonishing David Pescovitz

Food Congratulations to the winners of the Potato Photographer of The Year award Thom Dunn

neuroscience What it's really like to have a photographic memory David Pescovitz

Found: 6,000-year-old feathered dart coated with secretion from beaver's anal sac Mark Frauenfelder

COVID-19 Rich casino exec and actress wife charged with chartering plane to Yukon and taking vaccine meant for Indigenous elders Mark Frauenfelder

animals 57,000 year-old wolf pup found frozen in the Arctic Thom Dunn

These deeds to 1 square inch of Yukon territory were given away in cereal boxes Mark Frauenfelder