Caroline Long
Science News ReporterCaroline Long is a science reporter at UPR. She is curious about the natural world and passionate about communicating her findings with others. As a PhD student in Biology at Utah State University, she spends most of her time in the lab or at the coyote facility, studying social behavior. In her free time, she enjoys making art, listening to music, and hiking.
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Biologists with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources are building a fence to protect boreal toads on East Mountain. While boreal toads are not federally listed as endangered, their populations are declining due to climate change. -
Utah State University’s College of Engineering is partnering with Salt Lake City museum The Leonardo as a sponsor for their aerospace exhibit: FLIGHT: The Next Leg.
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The Utah Pride Center, a Salt Lake City-based non-profit serving the LGBTQ+ community, has suspended programming and laid off staff after continued financial instability. Also, a racing pilot was killed in a small plane crash Wednesday near South Valley Regional Airport in West Jordan.
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Idaho Senators in Congress are pushing forward with a plan to remove grizzly bears from the endangered species list. However, critics say the species' population hasn't fully recovered yet.
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The Utah Avalanche Center has released its annual winter report with details on this winter's record snowpack.
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After the U.S. Fish and Wildlife authorized the removal of grizzly bears near Yellowstone National Park, a federal court of appeals has overturned the ruling.
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New climate research shows that wildfire risk is increasing across the western U.S., especially at high elevations. Read on to find out what this means for wildfire management in Utah.
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Rising water levels will mean smaller beaches at Bear Lake this summer, and less room for parking during the season's peak.
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At this time, all confirmed HPAI-positive condors are from northern Arizona, and field teams have not collected a deceased condor in the area since April 11.
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$4.4 million goes toward wildlife conservation in Utah. And the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company announces a new executive director.
