The Latest Breaking News from Yukon

The fish behind America’s fish sticks is fueling a fight over trawling in Alaska

The nets for Alaska’s massive pollock fishery also catch salmon and other marine life

The Independent UK · Oct 9

A Wyoming-to-Canada wildlife project has supported 204 crossings and helped protect 59 million acres

A conservation project connecting wild habitats from Wyoming to Canada's Yukon is a finalist for Prince William's Earthshot Prize. The Yellowstone to Yukon initiative protects 59 million acres and supports 204 wildlife crossings. This project brings together diverse groups to build safe passage for animals across highways. Indigenous communities manage…

The Times of India · Sep 20

Rapidly thawing permafrost is acidifying streams across North America

Streams are abruptly acidifying and turning orange or milky-white across vast regions of North America’s northwest. This is caused by permafrost thaw — an outcome of a warming climate that has immediate consequences for water and wildlife.

The Conversation · Jul 19

Ancient squirrels ate meat like 'zombies,' and the proof is in the poop

Frozen ancient squirrel feces from Canada's Yukon have revealed a lost Ice Age world. These coprolites, dating back up to 700,000 years, contain intact DNA from mammoths, cheetahs, bison, and hundreds of plant and insect species. The findings offer a detailed biological record of Pleistocene North America and a surprising…

The Economic Times · Jun 10

Woolly mammoth among trove of ancient DNA found in squirrel poo

PARIS (FRANCE) - A huge treasure trove of ancient DNA from animals including extinct woolly mammoths has been discovered in frozen squirrel faeces in Canada's remote Yukon territory, scientists said Tuesday.

Bangkok Post · Jun 10

'A Critical Period': Canada Confirms First Presumptive Hantavirus Case Among Cruise Ship Returnees

A Yukon resident in British Columbia tested presumptively positive for Andes hantavirus, linked to a cruise ship outbreak. Health officials monitor the situation, emphasising low public risk.

International Business Times UK · May 16

Weather tracker: Deep freeze grips Canada as US records warmest Christmas

Temperatures plunge below -50C in the Yukon, while swaths of US experience springlike weather

The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2025

Magnitude-7.0 earthquake shakes remote wilderness on Canada border

The quake was also about 56 miles from Yakutat, Alaska

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2025

From earthquakes to wildfires, Canada is woefully ill-prepared for disasters

A fault line in Canada’s Yukon territory has stirred after more than 12,000 years of geological sleep. Researchers studying the Tintina Fault, which stretches 1,000 kilometres from northeast British Columbia into the Yukon and towards Alaska, have found evidence that the fault has built up at least six metres of…

The Conversation · Dec 2, 2025

An 'ice tsunami' in 2024 ripped through the Yukon with such force it tore up trees and the riverbed

Chunks of river ice tore down trees after a landslide caused a tsunami in the Yukon in December.

LiveScience · Oct 13, 2025