In the winter, Lake Mendota is covered in ice, but when this thaws in summer, it’s engulfed by algae. These cyclical shifts ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A person was rescued from their vehicle after it broke through the ice on Lake Mendota Thursday. At around 3:57 p.m., the Madison Fire Department Lake Rescue team was dispatched ...

In Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, bacteria undergo an extraordinary cycle of evolution, changing their evolutionary process based ...

This will the first time the games, which feature race courses for ice kites and wing sails, will be held in North America.

In Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, bacteria undergo an extraordinary cycle of evolution, altering their evolutionary processes ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- The Madison Fire Department responded to Lake Mendota near Picnic Point on Wednesday, Jan. 16, for an occupied vehicle that broke through the ice. Lake Rescue 1 launched their boat ...

A 20-year study in Lake Mendota shows bacteria evolving seasonally, with genetic variations resetting annually. A 2012 extreme weather event caused lasting gene shifts, highlighting microbial ...

It was jutting out of a sandy ridge in Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota—a body of water skirting Madison, the state capital—and she knew it was a remarkable find. “What I did not understand was ...

Beneath its semi-solid surface, Lake Mendota is in a state of midwinter purgatory, according to the Wisconsin State Climatology Office. The lake did freeze on Dec. 25, but conditions made it difficult ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A person was rescued from their vehicle after it broke through the ice on Lake Mendota Thursday. At around 3:57 p.m., the Madison Fire Department Lake Rescue team was dispatched to ...