Science Stories

The Explorer Corps app is helping Utahns and visitors to the state find its hidden gems.

Fernando Favila and Ironhead Studio built a massive, life-like replica of a tiger beetle head.

Several times during the Eocene, mammals went through rapid diversification periods, where many new species emerged.

New research on the Four Corners Potato reveals distant origins and evidence of domestication.

A recording of a live conversation with Levon Biss, the photographer behind Microsculpture.

Explore the incredible macro photography of insects by acclaimed photographer Levon Biss.

Twelve million years before Triceratops roamed western North America, another horned giant stomped through the area’s Cretaceous marshes.

¿Que son las mochilas sensoriales?

Sensory bags offer a valuable resource to museum visitors who experience sensory processing impairment.

Two broods of cicadas—brood XIX and XIII, which emerge every 13 and 17 years, respectively—are appearing together in 2024.

Do children experience lasting mental health benefits from museum visits?

Humans emerged from a confluence of climate change in ancient Africa, ancestral populations drawn to new resources and natural selection.