During the summer, Utahns have a chance to see a bold kaleidoscope of orange and black take over the sky. In May, as many as 200,000 monarch butterflies embark on a journey from California or Mexico...

When the subject of volcanoes is brought up, most people conjure up images of red-hot lava spurting out of mountain tops and ash clouding the air. Places like Indonesia and Hawaii come to mind for their...

Bugs are all around us. From the ants crawling on a picnic blanket to the flies buzzing around a trash can, to the butterfly in the garden and the bee buzzing past an ear. Maybe you already knew that jumping...

Spring in Utah doesn’t ease in; it flips a switch. If you’re looking for things to do in a Utah summer, the transition between seasons is when the state feels the most alive. One week you’re still...

I’d like to start with a quick disclaimer for the reader: this document is wrought with mushy emotions and shallow self-reflection; read at your own risk. A Boy and a Canyon I remember my first day...

The ground is covered in white honeycomb patterning. The sky: a brilliant blue that stretches for eternity. Silhouettes of mountains grow in the distance as the sun burns the desert below. Utah, an alien...

I want to begin this article by looking back in time to an article I wrote freshman year called “A Moral in the Mountains.” In it, I reflected on a day out in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation...