MADISON – Water covers 70% of the earth’s surface, makes up the majority of our bodies, and its use, quality, and availability are some of the most critical issues facing our world today. Water is …
CFL in Africa – What Was Lost Now Is Found…
If you read our summer series “CFL in Africa,” then you know that field work on that far-flung continent is anything but routine. For example, a bright orange buoy floating atop the water is a …
Wordless Wednesday – Take 8
This sign, posted above a “touch tank” at the Tennessee Aquarium instructs visitors on how to touch the fish without stressing them too much. The sturgeon at the aquarium are actually born in Wisconsin hatcheries …
Wordless Wednesday – Take 7
Another week, another winner! Blog follower “Gator” heaves a last-second desperation shot at the buzzer and wins it all (note: “it” ain’t much!) with the caption: The Carp Curl Since the “fish weighs more than …
Video: Looking in on Lake Monona Sturgeon
As fall gives in to winter, we thought we’d hold the long cold season off a bit more with a tale from open water days and the warming months of spring… A number of years …
Wordless Wednesday – Take 6
Sorry for the hiatus, but we’re back up and running and ready to anoint our next “cleverest captioner!” As you may remember from a couple of weeks ago, we presented you with a picture of, …
Wordless Wednesday – Take 5
Another week, another winner in the Center for Limnology “Wordless Wednesday” photo caption contest! This week’s winner gets the gold for a clever combination of username “Ahab” and the following caption: “I’d rather harpoon a …
Wordless Wednesday – Take 4
The third installment of the “Wordless” Wednesday Photo Caption Contest didn’t disappoint, and this week the winner of our illustrious (and imaginary) is….well, they posted anonymously, so we have no idea but congratulations anon! Here’s …
Looking to The Skies to Save U.S. Fish
A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher says states should be looking to the skies in order to save fish. Brenda Pracheil, a postdoctoral fellow at the UW-Madison Center for Limnology, thinks it’s time for fish to …
Wordless Wednesday – Take 3
The second installment of the “Wordless” Wednesday Photo Caption Contest generated a lot of good submissions, but we’re giving the (imaginary) award this week to clever captioner, Denise Karns, whose title “center assistant” doesn’t begin …