An ambitious goal to refill Utah’s Great Salt Lake by the 2034 Olympics is gaining momentum, with environmental groups, the Romney family and President Trump all in support.

Utah's Great Salt Lake has alarmingly low water levels amid drought conditions, The Salt Lake Tribune reports, and it's not the first time in recent years that officials have raised alarms. According ...

When biologists first noticed increased bird flu cases in October, 49 cases had been reported. But because they can only test a limited number of carcasses, the true number is likely higher.

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Nematodes recently 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 ...

WOODS CROSS, Utah — In an area on the edge of wetlands next to the Great Salt Lake, construction crews are working to replace a crucial piece of infrastructure. A cement and wood dam built in the ...