Utah’s Great Salt Lake has long been cast as a nearly lifeless expanse, a place where brine shrimp and flies scrape by in water that can be up to 8% saltier than the ocean. That story has just been ...

Deep in the Gulf of Mexico exists a so-called "Jacuzzi of Despair," a pool of oceanic water that kills anything that enters it. Rating: Mostly True (About this rating?) Context: Marine scientists ...

Scientists who have been exploring the Red Sea have discovered natural death traps in the region now believed to be the location where Moses parted the waters. The brine pools were found 4,000 feet ...

Marine scientists indeed call a deep-sea brine pool off the eastern coast of Mexico a "Jacuzzi of Despair" or "Hot Tub of Despair." While it's true that most organisms that enter the water will die ...