On Saturday, June 21, 2025, Bornean orangutan Kawan (24) gave birth to a healthy female infant at Utah’s Hogle Zoo. She arrived naturally at 9:30 a.m., weighing just over three pounds.
Throughout Kawan’s pregnancy, Hogle Zoo prepared for several outcomes, including the possibility that she ...
The U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture recently announced it would try to roll back the “roadless rule,” a decades-old policy that prevents road construction and logging on nearly 4 million acres of national forest in Utah.
Brooke Rollins, the department’s secretary, called the rule ...
WASHINGTON — A plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles (8,300 square kilometers) of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined the proposal by Senate Energy Chairman Mike Lee would violate the chamber’s ...
SANTA FE, N.M. — A Republican-sponsored proposal before Congress to mandate the sale of federal public lands received a mixed reception Monday from the governors of Western states.
A budget proposal from Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee would mandate the sale of more than 2 million acres of ...
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Utah and Oklahoma on Wednesday in a case that started over disagreements with the Clean Air Act, and evolved into a debate over where certain lawsuits could be heard.
The high court issued a unanimous opinion in Oklahoma v. Environmental Protection Agency on ...
It’s that time of year when temperatures rise, spring rainstorms have scattered throughout northern Utah and many of us are trying to fire up whatever sprinklers we have as we reach summer.
You’ve heard Utah is a desert, no doubt. Luckily for us, there’s a group of experts already ...