A 20-year-old archive of water samples from Lake Mendota in Madison contributed to a “game-changing” study at The University ...

As climate change continues to alter Wisconsin’s seasons, it is uncertain whether or not Madison events like Lily’s Classic ...

Lady Liberty was inflated on Lake Mendota Friday as part of the Wisconsin Union's Winter Carnival, which includes a variety ...

“The racing iceboats owned by the wealthy were full-on yachts. Along with being huge — John Roosevelt’s Icycle spanned 70 ...

Historical postcards invite us to pause and reflect on our city’s rich past — and imagine the possibilities of its future.

The University of Wisconsin’s annual Winter Carnival is returning Feb. 6-9 after last year’s cancellation due to unfavorable ...

“Imagine each species’ genome is a book, and each little DNA fragment is a sentence,” Rohwer said in a press statement. “Each sample has hundreds of books, all cut up into these sentences. To ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- It's been a busy couple of weeks for first responders handling ice rescues in Wisconsin. Rescues across ...

Once again, we’re here to tell you that evolution is not always linear. In Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota, for example, bacteria evolve in a kind of endless loop – think Groundhog Day if it were ...

In Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, bacteria undergo an extraordinary cycle of evolution, changing their evolutionary process based on the weather. According to IFLScience, bacteria in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin ...