Nature could tell us any day now how healthy our rivers are. The mayflies are getting close to hatching. The largest hatches generally occur within a...
MISHKHAB, Iraq (AP) — Iraq has banned its farmers from planting summer crops this year as the country grapples with a crippling water shortage that shows...
GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — David Inouye is an accidental climate scientist. More than 40 years ago, the University of Maryland biologist started studying when wildflowers, birds,...
NEW YORK (AP) — Lions and tigers and bears are increasingly becoming night owls because of us, a new study says. Scientists have long known that...
If you didn’t get the call yet, you didn’t win the first-ever Wisconsin elk hunting season lottery. The DNR picked just four names out of a...
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — County officials in northeastern Illinois are concerned about the potential environmental impacts of the planned Foxconn manufacturing plant in southeast Wisconsin. The...
BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS, Minn. (AP) — Every paddle stroke sprinkled water drops, reflecting the setting sun like sparklers across the black, glacier-carved lake. Just...
Where turtles cross busy roads can be pretty deadly for the hard-shelled reptiles. May and June are the big turtle road crossing months in Wisconsin. Nesting...
MADISON — With turtle nesting season beginning for many Wisconsin turtle species, Department of Natural Resources conservation biologists are asking citizens to submit their turtle sightings (click...
They set a goal of planting 300 trees in one day and met that goal pretty quickly. Members of two La Crosse area Rotary Clubs spent...
Man admits to taking animals from the wild and shipping them to Florida
DALLAS (AP) — Exxon’s CEO says the company can more than double its earnings by 2025 and will invest in new oil and gas production even...
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A grizzly bear that’s been a fixture for Grand Teton National Park’s wildlife-viewing masses the past dozen years hasn’t been seen yet...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin dairy farmers have broken their streak of year-over-year production increases. Wisconsin farmers produced about 2.5 billion pounds of milk last month,...
WHITEHALL, Wis. — A bulldozer driver was saved after he crashed into a pond but now the rescue efforts move to the environment. The accident happened...
An eerie video of a pair of Lynx screaming at each other has gone viral. The normally skittish Canadian lynx were caught on video by an...
BAYFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A recent study of 35 national parks found the waters off an island in northwestern Wisconsin had the highest concentration of plastic...
Gundersen will save 15,000 in energy costs just for this project
Two local organizations are teaming up Saturday for a cleanup of the Mississippi River. La Crosse Urban Stormwater Group and River Clean up, La Crosse have pulled...
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is threatening to sue the federal government over the massive Foxconn Technology Group manufacturing facility that’s being built...
