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  1. For decades, scientists thought North America had its own cheetah; ancient DNA reveals the extinct cat split from the puma lineage 2.6 million years ago

    Representative Image (AI-generated) Its appearance told one story; its DNA tells another. For …
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #Americancheetah #AncientDNA #AU #Australia #convergentevolution #EvolutionaryBiology #extinctNorthAmericancat #Miracinonyxtrumani #Pleistocenefossils #pumalineage #speciesextinction #yukon
    newsbeep.com/au/889414/

  2. For decades, scientists thought North America had its own cheetah; ancient DNA reveals the extinct cat split from the puma lineage 2.6 million years ago

    Representative Image (AI-generated) Its appearance told one story; its DNA tells another. For …
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #Americancheetah #AncientDNA #AU #Australia #convergentevolution #EvolutionaryBiology #extinctNorthAmericancat #Miracinonyxtrumani #Pleistocenefossils #pumalineage #speciesextinction #yukon
    newsbeep.com/au/889414/

  3. Poet and writer Robert W Service, who died OTD in 1958, is often called "The Bard of the #Yukon" cromwell-intl.com/travel/canad #travel #Canada

  4. My "Bold Grizzly Shares the Road" captures a spring moment from the Alaska Highway.

    A golden-brown grizzly moves through tender green shoots and dry stems, fur catching the light and its presence both powerful and composed, anchored by earth tones and textured fur.

    Which detail grabs you first — the gaze, the curve of the back, or the way the light skims the fur?

    buff.ly/I4wpxEw

    #art #photography #mastoart #mastodonart #chrisboese #boesegalleries #grizzly #nature #alaska #yukon

  5. Hype for the Future 74K: Canada 🇨🇦 Explained

    Introduction Canada is the second-largest sovereign state in the world in terms of land area, behind only Russia. However, the population size overall is significantly smaller, having only surpassed the U.S. State of California fairly recently (circa 2023), with the Provinces of Ontario and Québec holding the vast majority of the national population. Interestingly, British Columbia and Alberta are the next two largest provinces by population, the latter of which may seem surprising at […]

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  6. #4 - Wildfires. I've never been close to one before. Let alone three.

    I don't know if the Yukon is seeing more wildfires than average, but I was reminded that fire is nonetheless an essential part of the lifecycle of the forest.

    None were threatening any major infrastructure at the time. The day before I left a big part of the territory got a pretty heavy rainfall, which I imagine will tamp them down significantly.

    #Yukon #YukonTerritory #wildfire #wildfires