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The Wild About Utah logo shows a circle split in two. The top half features the iconic red rock Delicate Arch under a night sky. The bottom half features two deer in a forest.
Wild About Utah

Wild About Utah is a weekly nature series produced by Utah Public Radio. Utah is a state endowed with many natural wonders from red rock formations to salt flats. And from desert wetlands to columns of mountains forming the basin and range region. When we look closer, nature is everywhere including just outside our door.

Wild About Utah is produced in cooperation with Stokes Nature Center, Bridgerland Audubon Society, Quinney College of Natural Resources, Cache Valley Wildlife Association, Utah State University and Utah Master Naturalist Program - USU Extension.

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  • Red-tailed hawk flying in the sky
    A friend to guide the way
    “Everyone, look! The hawk came to say goodbye!”
  • Great Basin rattlesnake in a coiled position
    Washington County rattlesnakes
    Washington County boasts four species of rattlesnakes, more than any other county in the state.
  • Pavement ants
    Nature out your front door
    What we call “nature” can flourish almost anywhere, including the places where people dominate.
  • A river otter standing on a rock in a stream of water
    My fishing river otter
    I stood mesmerized by the beauty of the tranquil setting and glowing cottonwoods dwarfed by rainbow colored cliffs. The spell was suddenly shattered by a large aquatic mammal swimming nearby.
  • Shadow observing a solar calendar
    Solar Calendars
    Indigenous people across the planet constructed monuments marking the sun's position on the solstices and equinoxes — the pyramids of Egypt, the moai on Rapa Nui, the temples of Chichén Itzá, and more.
  • The first reach of the Little Logan River at River Hollow Park.
    The Logan Island twin rivers reverence vibe
    Let’s celebrate our Logan Island Twin Rivers Reverence Vibe with poetry and conservation actions filled with the delights of birds and bird song, which are actual metrics of the health of a city.
  • Chokecherry fruit on a tree
    Chokecherries
    Certain plants were considered sacred by many native tribes. Chokecherry made the list. This versatile plant was highly prized for food, medicine, implements, and building material.
  • Academic focus in the outdoors with a teacher and students and mountains in the background
    Birds foster community connections
    When I first became interested in using Utah birds as a core theme for teaching my 2nd-graders I had no idea how it would revolutionize my teaching career and connect me and my students with so many different natural and human communities.
  • Abeja azul de huerto, Osmia lignaria En la flor Cinco de cinco puntas de California
    Sobre las abejas y el ser abeja (Spanish Version)
    Cuando digo abeja hada, ¿qué te viene a la mente? ¿Pequeña? ¿Adornada con joyas o con brillo?
  • Blue Orchard Bee on California Five-Spot Flower
    Pollinator Bees
    The smallest bee on the earth, Perdita minima, or mini fairy bee is just 2mm-the width of a grain of rice. Though they may seem easy to miss, they are numerous and right under our noses.