by Sydney Widell For walleye and other northern Wisconsin fish, a warming climate may mean smaller populations and shrinking ranges, said Center for Limnology Director, Jake Vander Zanden, in a lecture Wednesday. Addressing a crowd …
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Guest Post: Are Fish “Bad Moms”?
We know we missed MOther’s Day (on the blog, NOT in real life, thank goodness) but our friends at The Fisheries Blog were on it. Enjoy this entry from Dana Sackett, who asks “Are fish …
Checking in on Madison Lakes Ahead of the Fishing Opener
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of catching a walleye or musky or pretty much any fish in Wisconsin, you might want to thank someone from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). They’re the …
Celebrating 50 Years of a UW-Madison, Shedd Aquarium Collaboration
On Saturday, April 21st, Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium welcomed 9,256 visitors to its sprawling campus along Lake Michigan’s shoreline. 1225 of the youngest visitors grabbed “passports” to learn more about the migratory fishes on display for …
New Online Tools Says to Catch the Big One, Think Small
When it comes to fish food webs, the basic narrative is that the bigger the fish, the bigger its prey. In fact, one of the measurements scientists often use to determine a predator’s potential diet …
Celebrating World Fish Migration Day at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium
This Saturday, April 21st, is World Fish Migration Day – a day to celebrate the incredible journeys that fishes undertake each year to spawn and continue their species’ existence. World Fish Migration Day is “a one …
Study Confirms Walleye Populations Are In Decline
by Kat Kerlin (UC Davis) Walleye, an iconic native fish species in Wisconsin, the upper Midwest and Canada, are in decline in northern Wisconsin lakes, according to a study in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Species …
GARkansas: 10-Year-Old Launches Campaign for Arkansas State Fish
Ten-year-old Henry Foster is the unlikely force behind a new campaign to right a wrong in the world of ichthyology. Not too long ago Henry discovered that the state of Arkansas has no state fish …
Do You Ever Wonder What Happens to Fish in a Frozen Lake?
by Mason Muerhoff, @UWMadScience It is winter in the Northern Hemisphere. The vicious cold has transformed the scattered blue lakes of the North Woods into white disks — barren wastelands of ice. The harsh winds …
Guest Post: Rural Communities in Thailand Conserve Vulnerable Fishes
CFL graduate student, Aaron Koning, spends a lot of time in Thailand, where he is studying fish conservation zones in rural communities to see if these efforts help protect fish biodiversity at a larger scale. …