Los Angeles Times

Here’s what ‘thousands of floating eggs’ look like on Utah’s Great Salt Lake

A thick, chocolaty sludge has formed on Utah’s Great Salt Lake, and state parks officials say talk of an oil slick is unfounded. It’s actually more gooey and disgusting than that. What’s floating atop ...
KSL

A look at the competitive brine shrimp industry of Great Salt Lake

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Newsweek

National Sea Monkey Day: The Surprising History of the Tiny Brine Shrimp

Every year in mid-May, a little-known holiday rolls around for a very specific set of pet owners. National Sea Monkey Day is—unofficially—May 16, in celebration of the tiny aquatic creatures that have ...
KUTV

Brine shrimp named Utah's official state crustacean

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Brine shrimp haveofficially become the designated crustacean of Utah. Gov. Spencer Cox on Friday signed H.B.137 to designate brine shrimp as the state's crustacean. In the ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Masses of shrimp eggs leave visible slick on the Great Salt Lake

What look like oil slicks on the surface of the Great Salt Lake are actually congregations of billions of brine shrimp eggs, known as cysts, that form when wind and currents align in certain ways. But ...