Brine shrimp are shown through a microscope in Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY - In a landlocked state 600 miles from the nearest ocean, fleets of commercial fishermen compete for a creature that in ...

Utah researchers say that at least one of the tiny roundworm species recently found living in the Great Salt Lake is a ...

Utah’s Great Salt Lake is the largest wetland ecosystem in the U.S. West, as well as the largest salt lake in the whole Western Hemisphere and the eighth largest in the world. Best known for its ...

An analysis says reducing irrigation is critical to help declining water levels and that taxpayer-funded compensation could be part of the solution. Farmers around Utah’s Great Salt Lake might need to ...

Note to readers • Leia Larsen is a reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune. She spent a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining the intersection of politics and environmental issues.

Editor's note: This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about ...

A whole packaged turkey washed up on the shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake in an apparent brining gone awry, officials said. Great Salt Lake State Park & Marina Don’t brine your Thanksgiving turkey in ...