Natural Science

Wisconsin paleontologist Kenneth “Chris” Gass recently gave a new name to an ancient trilobite species. He says it’s an exciting time for paleontology in the state.

A small earthquake was recorded under Lake Michigan on Friday morning east of Sturgeon Bay.

At the time of peak overlap around 2 p.m., approximately 90 percent of the sun will be obscured by the moon in Kenosha.

For the first time in more than a decade, geologists recorded a small earthquake near Crandon on Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey, or USGS, recorded a 2.5 magnitude earthquake around […]

New research out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that pollution and biodiversity are factors that can change how vulnerable animals are to disease or parasites. Jess Hua, an associate […]

A calorie is not just a calorie. That’s the lesson University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers said they demonstrated in a new study where mice lost weight while eating more. The study, […]

As American and U.K. regulators approve the world’s first gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease, Wisconsin scientists are researching how to use the same technology to treat two eye diseases […]

To give Wisconsin veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder more options, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to make it easier for researchers to treat those with acute PTSD with […]

This year, Medicare will start negotiating lower prescription drug prices. But one Wisconsin insurance broker says people will have to wait a few years to see prices go down. The […]

This year marks the 40th anniversary of a landmark ruling that reaffirmed the 1837 treaty rights of a northern Wisconsin tribe to hunt, fish and gather on ceded territory. In […]