Blog Archive: Natural History

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Posted Wed, 06/02/2021 - 12:34pm

It's Firefly Season in the West

The Western Firefly Project is finding lightning bugs in unexpected places.

Posted Wed, 05/26/2021 - 10:15am

The launch of the Explorer Corps program is a good reason to look at what makes Utah special.

Posted Mon, 05/17/2021 - 9:59am

Indigenous subsistence of the Bears Ears region modified the landscape, leaving ecological legacies that persist today.

Posted Tue, 05/11/2021 - 12:40pm

Utah was home to two Allosaurus species. How can you tell them apart?

Posted Mon, 05/03/2021 - 10:59am

Fossils from a BLM collection have vastly expanded our understanding of early animal life.

Posted Mon, 04/12/2021 - 11:27am

Trail camera images are documenting the wildlife all around us.

Posted Sun, 03/28/2021 - 7:09am

Once upon a time, alligators lived in the Arctic.

Posted Tue, 03/23/2021 - 3:27pm

Rachel Quist takes a closer look at a beloved object on the Museum's fourth floor.

Posted Mon, 03/22/2021 - 6:10am

Discoveries along Alaska's Colville River have revealed a wealth of information about Alaska's polar dinosaurs.

Posted Mon, 03/15/2021 - 5:20am

The ancient seas of the high Arctic were brimming with strange forms of life during the Cretaceous.