{"id":726902,"date":"2026-06-10T06:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/726902\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T06:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:27:12","slug":"ancient-squirrel-feces-offer-time-capsule-of-environment-thousands-of-years-ago-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/726902\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient squirrel feces offer &#039;time capsule&#039; of environment thousands of years ago &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOci1yeE5GbVo2aDI2ZmVPNWVtWU13bEV3Wi1JdDNnQ25uaTJGUWJtX1I2amJZaWdFd3FEblRZcmlaenlPMHVLdU5ITkJ3ckVGZUZuQ1I4enJnOEtidlF1RXJGcW40eFZPWnNPdjlBUlZEalhMa3Rxc1NscTVvdFN4UWhQSnVRYVhwb3Bsb3Y0NkFNOTJ1UWg1S1lES21mcEFvTU5Lam9TX0ZHakF5RUMyWk5TM0kwd1UzMmZQdA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ancient squirrel feces offer &#8216;time capsule&#8217; of environment thousands of years ago<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiX0FVX3lxTE9XTHNEb0NFcXlmUlJSVGhUWU1OaDgyOXV0Q3VGLV9nQkRGY2tNSDJ2NW9VRzFDdmh2eV94VkZJV2ttTFFHRmhWdDN2YXlabGlGTjJmX2wyMGpabkEtZGdR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ground squirrel coprolites preserve complex archives of ancient environmental DNA over 700,000 years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Nature<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxOTnQ2c25vZHJ6Ym5WTy1ydThzdFR1S2xwVDBLWUE2dzg3T0pwN191UXlJWlVPTmpkdm1ETi1Gb1BjYmxvajdROGpfMTR5VDZoZ2g1MHZzTFkxOFdzWEVwbDV4b204TGctRWkwVmlIXzkxRHYzdXhZdWVFVnJhaEpFcnJ3bDl6NmZkUWhYYUZTTThoc3lYUHhaZ3BSOWhYVzhEcTd3ZVZFazdjaEJnTm5N?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Squirrel droppings yield a goldmine of prehistoric DNA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Globe and Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxOdUVtbEl5bDlfd3RqUnotcDFkX2dWMEJLcEhkQlZoaEpEbnhsVHNKdDJXeXdyUktySllMTkNQRVNCN1JXUE5EM3N1Y2NNcVpZd2F5SDF1X05ZRUJvejY4VXJOaGc5U1VBU25Yai1hSXRNbVJlMVBOVjBCMmZDNE1mV2Z2NUVMUTFfOGRuZ0s0bmpqQW0yRmhtUC1udWlJZkVjU2tMV0pGTml5NEppZS04?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Woolly mammoth among trove of ancient DNA found in squirrel poo<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;France 24<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxNczM3MGFUNmdYQTBzQm5XWW9aNzFiRUhScDZaekRFRnl0d3hYMzdsVjh4b3RNQnpibDBzc3JNNGQ3a0g2Q0Z4cWtUWjBXX05zZml3VS1YZVlLa3l2N3FqNmdDV2d4MlpKdTZwMWJRSGMtU3I4MW9uYk5vMlRUbnZwZU5WUnRoXzJDcG1Lc2R2WXR4VHdVT1ZoRzRqYUprRHpUTlFKanJ4b1dwbl9fOW5nWW5QWmk2bUN2NU1ES2tkUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">B.C. researchers discover &#8216;treasure trove&#8217; of Ice Age DNA in ancient squirrel droppings<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Vancouver Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ancient squirrel feces offer &#8216;time capsule&#8217; of environment thousands of years ago&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsGround squirrel coprolites preserve complex archives&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,295,47,66,323],"class_list":["post-726902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-national","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}