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Wild About Utah is a weekly nature series produced by Utah Public Radio in cooperation with Stokes Nature Center, Bridgerland Audubon Society, Quinney College of Natural Resources, Cache Valley Wildlife Association, Utah State University and Utah Master Naturalist Program - USU Extension. More about Wild About Utah can be found here. Utah is a state endowed with many natural wonders from red rock formations to salt flats. And from desert wetlands to columns of mountains forming the basin and range region. When we look closer, nature is everywhere including just outside our door.

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Wild About Utah: The Return of the Juncos Signals Fall Bird Feeding Time!

2026/10/12

The seasonal changes in backyard birds is as exciting as the rare bird sightings because it isthese changes and outliers which keep us alert, in tune, and connected to the world around us.

Wild About Utah: Autumn Colors

2026/10/03

Autumn Colors: The brilliant colors of our trees are indicative of leafy plants frugality with their valuable nutrient stores.

Wild About Utah: Bees in the backyard

2026/09/28

The queen becomes the mother of most of the bees in the hive. All the worker bees are female. Any drone lucky enough to mate with a virgin queen drops dead afterwards. It's a matriarchal society all the way.

Wild About Utah: Are We in the Rockies?

2026/09/27

Are we in the Rockies: Is the Bear River Range really in the Rockies? Are the Wasatch Mountains in general? Some say no, the basin and range region...

Wild About Utah: Endemic Plants of Utah

2026/09/26

Endemic plants of Utah: Utah ranks sixth in the nation for its number of endemic species. Only Hawaii, California, Texas, Florida and Georgia have more. Utah hosts 247 endemics out of 2602 unique plants in all, plus 393 subspecies or varieties.

Wild About Utah: A Close Encounter of the Cricket Kind

2026/09/21

I stood perplexed. I was looking at an insect I had never seen before. The bug was the size of my thumb and shifted awkwardly in what little dirt could be found just below the bare ridge of the Wellsvilles.

Wild About Utah: Don’t Move a Mussel

2026/09/14

The aquatic invasive species threat is real and I hope this segment will make you a believer in inspection and decontamination stations.

Wild About Utah: Dim the lights for birds at night

2026/09/07

Did you know that World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated in May and October? Those are the peak months for spring and fall migrations, and the magnitudes of those flocks are considerable. Two thirds of songbirds migrate at night.

Wild About Utah: Mollusks in Utah, then and now

2026/08/31

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.

Wild About Utah: A surprise visit with distant relatives of Cache Valley’s birds

2026/08/24

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.

Wild About Utah: Winged Bullets of Beauty

2026/08/23

Winged Bullets of Beauty: Their agility is beyond imagination, capturing their prey with a gaping maw while flying at maximum speed, winged bullets ripping through the air.

Wild About Utah: Connecting Classroom Learning to the World

2026/08/23

My students study a bird each week with reading passages, complete bird-related math activities, go on weekly field trips to find birds while keeping an ongoing writing journal about those experiences

Wild About Utah: Aquatic Macroinvertebrates

2026/08/04

Aquatic macroinvertebrates are all sorts of bugs that live in the water and don’t have a backbone. They include aquatic worms, leeches, beetles and Dr. Stemmler’s favorites mayflies and caddisflies.

Nature’s monuments

2026/07/20

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.

Summer school

2026/07/15

I became an educator because I hoped to have an impact on future generations—but I did not anticipate the profound impact my students would have on my own life.

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dkingddf 2026/03/09

Amazing storytelling & purpose

It takes a really good writer to write something really good. It takes a great storyteller to tell a great story. It’s amazing when they come together...

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Won_Ton 2021/03/03

Great show

Refreshing, creative and reminds me of home. I miss the mountains/desert/unique space that is Utah.

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fowl_faith 2020/03/10

Bad advice

Never feed wild animals.

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Overlyactive11 2018/08/21

Short nuggets

These short nuggets of info are always interesting and I like learning about Utah. Thanks for all the research you do to make it accurate!

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