"What we thought at first was an isolated discovery in Lake Mendota has evolved into a significant archaeological site with ...

The Clean Lakes Alliance kicked off its 14th annual Mendota Freeze Contest Sunday, prompting Wisconsinites to submit guesses on when they believe the lake will fully freeze. Clean Lakes Alliance ...

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, ...

Addie Costello / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Wisconsin Watch April 3, 2025 Click here to read highlights from the story Yahara ...

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 ...

Similar ice ridges appear elsewhere, including on Lake Mendota in Wisconsin. But records rarely go back so far or in such detail as in Suwa. “This chronicle is quite special because the people ...

Maritime archaeologist Tamara Thomsen discovered this 1,200-year-old dugout canoe in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, in June 2021. Tamara Thomsen / Wisconsin Historical Society Tamara Thomsen was 24 feet ...

Take a walk on the wild side this Mother's Day at the zoo. Stop by the brunch station — complete with fresh fruit, glazed ham ...

The Edgewater takes its name from its location along the edge of Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin. Aside from its lakefront address, the property is also only five blocks northwest of the ...

“Mendota Monster Mauls Madison,” read the banner headline on the first issue, accompanied by a blurry photo of a Loch Ness-type creature emerging from Lake Mendota. (It was actually Keck’s ...