A 20-year-old archive of water samples from Lake Mendota in Madison contributed to a “game-changing” study at The University ...

Lady Liberty was inflated on Lake Mendota Friday as part of the Wisconsin Union's Winter Carnival, which includes a variety ...

The University of Wisconsin’s annual Winter Carnival is returning Feb. 6-9 after last year’s cancellation due to unfavorable ...

While ice and wind are the common denominators, the five-day competition is actually composed of three different sports.

Badgers of all ages celebrated winter and warmed up inside UW-Madison Alumni Park’s visitor center during the Wisconsin Union ...

Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s annual boot hockey tournament is set to return this year, with organizers keeping a close eye on ...

The Statue of Liberty can be seen peeking out of the ice on Lake Mendota. Her annual appearance on Friday marks the start of the Wisconsin Hoofers’ Winter Carnival. The event brings students, ...

Clean Lakes Alliance is excited to kick off the annual Frozen Assets Festival, a weeklong celebration of Greater ...

“Imagine each species’ genome is a book, and each little DNA fragment is a sentence,” Rohwer said in a press statement. “Each sample has hundreds of books, all cut up into these sentences. To ...

In the winter, Lake Mendota is covered in ice, but when this thaws in summer, it’s engulfed by algae. These cyclical shifts take their toll on the lake’s bacteria. Strains that are better ...