Despite the Great Salt Lake's dire straits, state researchers and elected leaders remain optimistic that Utah will become the ...

Most people can imagine why a shrinking Great Salt Lake would mean unhealthy dust storms for the Wasatch Front, or why refilling the lake through ...

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Aug. 3 (UPI) --Archaeologists have stumbled upon 88 ancient footprints dating back about 12,000 years in the Utah desert. The "ghost footprints," which were discovered last month at Hill Air Force ...

From a distance, it is hard to tell whether the three figures walking the salt playa are human, bird or some other animal. Through binoculars, I see they are pelicans, juveniles, gaunt and emaciated ...