Happy Valentine’s Day! Considering we’re still talking about a certain wall two years after we first published this, we thought it was time to reshare the tale of a fish that builds walls – for …
Fish Fry Day
Fish Fry Day: Western Mosquitofish and the Danger of Good Intentions
It’s Fish Fry Day and fish is on the menu! We’re working our way across the “Fishes of Wisconsin” poster finding morsels of info for every species of fishes found in Wisconsin. Today’s special: the …
Bass Set to Win, Walleye Lose Under Warming Projections
Following up on our call for political officials in Wisconsin to start taking climate change seriously, here is a post originally published in September of 2016 about one of the potential impacts global warming will …
Fish Fry Day: Biology and Neutrons Collide to Unlock Secrets of Fish Ear Bones
by Sean Simoneau, Oak Ridge National Laboratory simoneausm@ornl.gov December 20, 2016—Scientific discovery can come from anywhere, but few researchers can say the answers to their questions would come from the pea-sized bones in the head …
Fish Fry Day: Surprising Importance of Freshwater Fish to Global Food Security
by Matt Miller, The Nature Conservancy – If you’re thinking about how fisheries feed people around the globe, chances are you start picturing oceans. The images of saltwater commercial fishing are everywhere around us: on …
Fishes of Wisconsin: Gar of Thrones
Winter’s not coming, it’s here, so it’s a perfect time to introduce the next fish on our Fishes of Wisconsin odyssey – the spotted gar. Former CFL post-doc, Solomon David, shared this post from last …
Fish Fry Day Redux, Again: Up All Night to Get Musky
How is it that time of year already??? Seems crazy, but this tumultuous year is drawing to a close and tonight the CFL celebrates with our annual Holiday Party. While Phantom Midge is dormant again …
“Fishes of Wisconsin” Redux: Rainbow Smelt
Sorry to dig up old bog posts twice in a row, but this little fish popped up on our “Fishes of Wisconsin” Challenge and, well, here we are again – at the end of a …
Fish Fry Day: The Sad Demise and Hopeful Return of the Alligator Gar
Friday’s are when fish are on the menu both at Wisconsin restaurants and your trusty blog. Today, we’re taking a break from our “Fishes of Wisconsin” challenge and mixing things up with a more “southern-fried” …
Fishes of Wisconsin, Halloween Edition: Pirate Perch
Happy Fish Fry Day! Once again fish is on the menu here in Wisconsin and on our mind at the CFL blog. We’ve been working our way through the 13-foot-long “Fishes of Wisconsin” poster to …