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All information was sourced from the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN Red List), an inventory of the conservation status and extinction risk of species...

Look out any window, and I bet a plant is in view. Plants account for an estimated 80% of the Earth's biomass and number approximately 8.7 billion species. Plants sustain us and sustain the species that...

Illustrations: Andrew Dunn Sometimes, I wonder if Halloween should be in January. It seems easy to imagine that a terrifying creature might be hiding out in the dark in the dead of winter, lurking in...

Wanderlust. The word is splashed across stickers and t-shirts throughout Utah, from National Parks to downtown Salt Lake gift shops. Wasatch Magazine is no stranger to the myriad of adventures and ecosystems...

When I first saw the 2016 film Storks, I was in stitches. The movie has all sorts of comedy from Andy Samberg’s witty stork character to the ludicrously dumb Pigeon Toady. However, what had me chuckling...

 The word “archaeology” is sure to conjure up images of leather hats, bull whips, lost treasure, booby traps, and daring adventures to save the free world. However, the life of an archaeologist...

Never go caving alone. If you are interested in joining the caving community in Utah, check out a local grotto of the National Speleological Society. A thousand years ago, it might have been snowing...

The Salt Lake Valley is teeming with various wildlife, from coyotes and foxes to moose and mountain lions. Despite this diversity, the University of Utah only has one lab dedicated to studying these animals:...

Todos Santos is a small town near the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. The quaint town is flooded by weekend tourists, immigrants from mainland...

By mid-March, spring has arrived on Antelope Island, the large State Park and oasis in the middle of the Great Salt Lake. This island is home to bison, pronghorn antelopes, coyotes, and plenty of birds....

Wintertime is beautiful. Snow on the ground shines like the sun itself, and breath comes out in lazy little clouds. Hot cocoa and coffee warm hands, and Christmas lights shine into January. But wintertime...