Utah's Great Salt Lake has always been a barometer of environmental change. But new research reveals that over the past 200 years, human activity has pushed this iconic body of water into a state ...

An undated photo of researchers collect sediment samples on the Great Salt Lake in search of nematodes. A study led by Utah researchers published last month outlined a previously unknown nematode ...

The view of Great Salt Lake's North Arm from Gunnison Island, which has long served as a nesting ground for pelicans. Over the past 8,000 years, Utah’s Great Salt Lake has been sensitive to changes in ...

Utah researchers have confirmed that a tiny roundworm, unknown to science until now, is thriving in the Great Salt Lake, one ...

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 ...

It was the deadliest massacre of indigenous people in U.S. history. But today, many still don’t know the story. It was 1863, on an icy January morning, at dawn. Hundreds of members of the Northwestern ...

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 ...

Scientists have identified a brand-new species of worm living in the Great Salt Lake, marking only the third known animal group able to survive its extreme salinity. The species, named ...