American white pelicans are one of many bird species that can be found in the Great Salt Lake during the spring. While Utah draws tourists in droves each year to explore its towering mountains, craggy ...

This Utah state park is the largest island in the Great Salt Lake — but, what it's really known for is it's host of abundant ...

Utah’s Great Salt Lake has just yielded a new resident, a microscopic animal that no one had ever documented there before.

Utah’s Great Salt Lake is a place of extremes, and its ecosystem is evidence that life can thrive under some of Earth’s most hostile conditions. Scientists say it may hold clues for life on other ...

The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it’s not doing enough.

As the search for solutions to the shrinking Great Salt Lake continues, researchers at Utah State University opened up conversations with the biggest water users in the state: farmers. Among the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — In most communities along the Wasatch Front, if you venture past the developed areas and into the foothills, you will find a patchwork of trails winding up and across what used to be ...

Gov. Spencer Cox recently stood on the edge of Farmington Bay, surrounded by some of Utah’s most wealthy and powerful people. He announced a goal — get the Great Salt Lake to a healthy level by 2034.

Nematodes discovered in the Great Salt Lake belong to at least one species that is new to science, and possibly two. A University of Utah research team has published a new paper characterizing the ...