Happy Fish Fry Day, everyone! Restaurants across Wisconsin are battering up bluegill, perch and walleye (and, yes, even cod) and featuring fish as the daily special and so are we. As we work our way …
Year: 2017
Tiny Invasive Species Eats Enough to Devour an Entire City
by Jake Walsh We (or scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, at least) have known for years that the spiny water flea, a tiny, non-native zooplankton that has invaded Madison’s Lake Mendota, has a voracious …
All About Wisconsin’s H2O: Water@UW-Madison Symposium, May 9th
On the morning of Tuesday, May 9th, dozens of researchers from across Wisconsin will gather at Gordon Commons on the UW-Madison campus for Water@UW-Madison’s half-day symposium discussing all sorts of water-related research going on in …
Science on Tap: 5 Must-Have Skills for Gardening in Wisconsin
Jason Fishbach got the gardening bug thanks to a drought, a dry lakebed and a handful of green beans. Tonight at 6:30pm he will share the tips and tricks of gardening in Wisconsin for Science …
Thinking Big About Invasive Species: Q&A with Jake Vander Zanden
A recent study in the journal, Ecosystems, says that, when it comes to invasive species, it’s time to think bigger. While the movement of species from their native ranges to exotic lands is a major …
CFL in Thailand: Whirlwind Road Trip with Coolers Full of Fish
CFL graduate student, Aaron Koning, just returned from a research trip to Thailand and shared this story of his epic road trip. You can read and see more of Aaron’s adventures doing fieldwork in Thailand …
Fish Migrations Underway in Wisconsin
Each spring, as birds take to the sky and head north, bringing bright colors and cheerful songs with them, an equally massive migration is taking place just beneath the surface of our inland waters. In …
Blog Redux: Secchi Disk Celebrates 150 Years of Clarity
Tomorrow will mark the one hundred and fifty-second birthday of the Secchi disk. We dusted off this post from two years ago to tell you all about our favorite scientific instrument. Enjoy! (Originally published April …
The Art of Science: Exploring Our Relationship With Water
Several months ago, Kelly O’Ferrell, the Hasler Lab coordinator here at the Center for Limnology had the brilliant idea to beautify the cinder-block hallways by turning our stairwell into a rotating exhibition of local …
North America’s Freshwater Lakes are Getting Saltier
by Kelly Tyrrell, UW-Madison Communications FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MADISON, WI – Road salt is making North America’s freshwater lakes saltier, according to a new study published today [April 10, 2017] in the Proceedings of …