Nature

Leaving leaves where they fall — or at least mulching them with a lawnmower — can improve the health of plants and reduce weeds. They're also a vital habitat for important pollinators.

In her winning essay, 10-year-old Grace Benson talked about growing up surrounded by national forests near her small hometown of Salmon — and the importance of protecting that natural beauty.

Helen Thayer once walked 4,000 miles across the Sahara from Morocco to the Nile River, kayaked 2,200 miles of the Amazon River, and became the first woman to travel alone to any of the world's poles.

In Wyoming's Beartooth Mountains, scientists are studying ice that has survived for thousands of years — and what could help some patches persist as the climate warms.

It turns out that Utah is home to numerous species of live snails, but the shells we see beside Bear Lake have been there for nearly 10,000 years! They’ve lasted this long because they’re preserved by the calcium chemistry of a lake.

It turns out that Utah is home to numerous species of live snails, but the shells we see beside Bear Lake have been there for nearly 10,000 years! They’ve lasted this long because they’re preserved by the calcium chemistry of a lake.

Awhile back, I was riding my bicycle along country roads in Cache Valley, when suddenly six unusual looking chicks ran across the road in single file right in front of me. I slammed on the brakes just in time as the chicks disappeared down the farmhouse driveway on the other side of the road.

Terry Tempest Williams says the Glorians are not distant deities, but ordinary presences — animal, plant, memory, moment — that reveal our vulnerability and interconnectedness with the natural world.

Falconry is an ancient sport going back thousands of years. In Shakespeare’s time, it was a way of putting food on the dinner table.

In keeping with our nation’s 250 year celebration, red, white, and blue have decorated Utah’s higher elevations from Tony Grove in the north to Cedar Breaks in the south.