deseretnews.com Dinosaur National Monument is nearing the end of its 100th year. As a tribute to a monument that was millions of years in the making, we’ve compiled a list of some favorite photos from old Deseret News newspapers. VIEW PHOTOS
sltrib.com Alongside centuries-old petroglyphs of a bear, a coyote and a bighorn sheep stand the newly etched words “DALLAS TX.” READ MORE
ksl.com The flash flooding was reported in Zion National Park and near Mount Carmel, according to the National Weather Service. Park officials reported that all of the roads in Zion National Park were closed as of 3 p.m. due to the extreme weather. READ MORE
smithsonianmag.com Predicting earthquakes before they happen is the Holy Grail of seismology. READ MORE
Snow Canyon State Park, Washington County Photographer: Paul Inkenbrandt © 2016
smithsonianmag.com No one could have seen the catastrophe coming. Dinosaurs stalked each other and munched on lush greens as they had for over 170 million years. READ MORE
ksl.com Hydrologists from Utah and California lowered a sophisticated water quality monitoring device into the murky waters at the Jordan River surplus canal and are now waiting on the story it tells. READ MORE
ksl.com Flooding caused major damage to several homes, as well as a city park, a swimming pool and a baseball field Wednesday afternoon, police reported. READ MORE
ksl.com Map-making is nearly as old as civilization itself. But a professor and his former student at Utah State University claim to have found a new way to do it. READ MORE
smithsonianmag.com may sometimes seem like monolithic, almost mythical beasts, but the statuesque skeletons that populate museums around the world once belonged to living, breathing animals. READ MORE
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