On a recent flight home to Salt Lake City, I gazed out the window and shuddered. The ground below was riddled with cracks.

In recent years, strange reed-covered mounds have sprung up on the drying playa of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, revealing spots ...

A team of geologists drilled through strange formations dotting the Great Salt Lake's drying playa, and were surprised by what they found.

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.

It is a possibility that's easy to ignore: the Great Salt Lake could dry up. But photographer Nick Pedersen is trying to put it right in front of Utahns — on a couple of billboards.

Utah's powerful Speaker of the House is floating a new idea to help deal with dust blowing into communities from a shrinking Great Salt Lake.

As Great Salt Lake's levels continue to sag, yet another strange phenomenon has surfaced, offering Utah scientists more ...

Cashel Barnett, 34, was charged Tuesday with three new charges ranging from assault and domestic violence in the presence of a child.

Brian Higgins: If we put pride flags in the Great Salt Lake, will legislators start paying attention to it? Toxic dust storms can cause respiratory conditions, developmental issues and even cancer ...

This Stunning Island Has a 'Floating Lake' Above the Sea—and It's Called 'Mother Nature’s Infinity Pool' Lake Sørvágsvatn is also the largest lake in the Faroe Islands.

The Great Salt Lake is pictured by the north end of Stansbury Island in Tooele County on Jan. 2. A new billboard in Millcreek offers drivers updates on lake conditions; the group behind it says ...

Explore the fascinating lifestyle of the Uros tribe on Lake Titicaca, Peru, who inhabit moveable floating islands crafted from dried reeds. With over 500 residents residing on roughly 70 human ...