Canned shrimp can prove to be a handy pantry item, but you need to make sure to do this one thing before serving it up.

Brine shrimp cyst production jumped considerably over the past year after improvements to the Great Salt Lake ecosystem, state wildlife officials say.

The Great Salt Lake is the world's single largest source of brine shrimp. And it's also the most sustainable.

Brine shrimp, tiny crustaceans living in the Great Salt Lake area for hundreds of thousands of years, are now officially the state crustacean of Utah.

Flamingos actively hunt prey using swirling water vortices created by their feet, necks and beaks, new research shows. By ...

Why brine shrimp? HB137, sponsored by Rep. Rosemary Lesser, D-Ogden, focuses more on highlighting the role that brine shrimp play in the Great Salt Lake 's delicate and important ecosystem.

John Travolta made a surprise appearance at a “Grease” sing-along at the Hollywood Bowl dressed up as his beloved character, Danny Zuko. Travolta joined some of his former castmates on stage including ...

OGDEN — The state is likely to get a new mascot meant to highlight the push to preserve the Great Salt Lake — the brine shrimp, to become the Utah state crustacean per legislation authored by ...

The tiny critters are found around the world — in Utah they're in the Great Salt Lake. Brine shrimp provide food for fish and commercially grown shrimp — a multi-million dollar industry in Utah.

Jaimi Butler started her career as the only woman on a brine shrimp harvesting rig on Great Salt Lake. Butler has since made a name for herself as a scientist, advocate, writer, and comedian.

Algae feed the brine shrimp; mats of cyanobacteria growing on mounds called microbialites nourish brine flies. More than 10 million migratory birds, in turn, feast on these shrimp and flies.

Great Salt Lake managers raise causeway berm in effort to stave off rising salinity High concentrations of salty water are already taking a toll on the lake’s brine shrimp, which could have ...