Nature

There are many contradictory myths about Northwoods lumberjacks and the work they did in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were depicted as hard-living, violent men, but also as upstanding, conservation-minded gentlemen.

The prairie crayfish is native to six counties in southeastern Wisconsin.

A water feature could be a pond, stream or even a birdbath, said Chris O’Connor, the regional service manager at Aquatica.

Several species of bats call Wisconsin home. Naturalists herald these winged mammals as important pollinators and marvels of echolocation. Author Alyson Brokaw talked bats, bat boxes, and bat sightings on a recent episode of “The Larry Meiller Show.”

Payne believes education and political engagement are crucial to shaping the future of conservation. Scientific knowledge alone, he argues, is not enough.

Since the late 1990s, the lake whitefish population has declined as much as 80 percent in parts of the Great Lakes. The culprit is a tiny invasive species called the quagga mussel.

The owner of a Madison plant store talks about what’s offered in the store, how to avoid overwatering, and the plant boom that occurred during the cooped-up days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Agencies have fired thousands of federal workers since late last week, including probationary employees with the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service in Wisconsin.

Alicia Rytlewski composed “When We Were Bears” across Wisconsin over the course of eight years, starting in 2016 when she was an artist-in-residence at a farm in Campbellsport.

Hobby tunneling is a pastime in which amateur excavators build their own underground infrastructure with minimal equipment. We take a tour through a tunnel system more than a decade in the making.