FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (MADISON, WI) by Adam Hinterthuer When it comes to predictions of how climate change will impact fish populations, a new study has found that several species are ‘swimming upstream’. “One widely expected result of global warming is that animal body size is going to go down,” says Olaf Jensen, an associate professor …
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was quite a bit of buzz about what came to be called the “anthropause” or the idea that, as humans sheltered in place, Nature got to take a breather while wild animals enjoyed a break from things like traffic noise and crowded trails. But, says Ashley …
A few weeks ago, a letter arrived in our mailbox here at Hasler Lab from a reader of this blog. It was … not the most positive message. In fact, it stopped just short of “mean Tweet” territory. Here, in its entirety, is the letter: It seems to me that your blog is no different …
Attention Undergrads! See that photo above? That’s how you could spend your evenings this summer after a day’s work on our beautiful lakes! That’s right, the Center for Limnology is currently hiring for our summer fieldwork season both in Madison at Hasler Lab and up north of Minocqua at Trout Lake Station. Spend your summer …
Last Saturday, with temperatures hovering in the mid-teens, an experienced ice-angler died when his ATV broke through the ice on Lake Waubesa. A few days prior, a woman walking her dog fell through the ice near the Spring Harbor Boat Launch but was saved thanks to the quick thinking of a nearby fisherman. It might …