Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just a few weeks ago, state climatologist Steve Vavrus said he worried that the lack of ice on Madison's Lake Mendota could damper ...

Maritime archaeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society Tamara Thomsen, recounts a day of scuba diving in Lake Mendota ...

Recently thawed Lake Mendota has become home to migrating swans, ducks and geese. Their yearly return marks the beginning of the nesting season and provides cultivation benefits to the lake ecosystem, ...

Wisconsin women’s hockey players look on as teammate Lacey Eden roller blades down the Goodspeed Family Pier on her way into ...

MADISON (WKOW)—Lake Mendota ice freezing records date back to 1850s, showing a trend towards a warming climate. Over the period of these records, the lake has lost about six weeks of ice cover. This ...

When Robin Rohwer realized she’d been able to generate almost 3,000 genomes from Lake Mendota's myriad bacteria species, she took her laptop down the hall to Brett Baker’s office at The University of ...

How do you celebrate becoming the first women’s hockey player to win four national titles? For Lacey Eden, the answer was ...

Four years after discovering a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe in Lake Mendota, archaeologists with the Wisconsin Historical Society and regional First Nations continue to uncover new details from one of ...

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Historical Society maritime archaeologists, alongside partners from Wisconsin’s Native Nations, recovered on Thursday, Sept. 22 a 3,000-year-old dugout canoe from Lake ...

Just a few weeks ago, state climatologist Steve Vavrus said he worried that the lack of ice on Madison's Lake Mendota could damper the capital city's Clean Lakes Alliance's Frozen Assets fundraising ...