If you want to touch a hunk of roughly 4.56-billion-year-old meteorite that predates Earth, view fossilized bones from two mastodons that wandered western Wisconsin during the Ice Age or learn more ...

Angela Fitzgerald explores Interstate Park's Ice Age geology and 125-year history. Shaped by Ice Age glaciers, Interstate Park is Wisconsin's oldest state park. Angela speaks with property supervisor ...

It’s known that the "Star Wars" universe is far-reaching. Beyond the fictional escapades of an interstellar future (despite it being "a long time ago ..."), the franchise permeates aspects of reality, ...

Maureen Muldoon describes Wisconsin geology and how karst aquifers are formed. Maureen Muldoon, a hydrogeologist with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, explains Wisconsin geology ...

In south-central Wisconsin, the Baraboo area is like a natural bull's-eye for outdoors lovers. At the center sits Devil's Lake State Park, one of the state's oldest state parks and its most popular, ...

The Wisconsin Dells, Baraboo and Sauk Prairie areas are unique. Ever wonder how these geological features got to be the way we see them today? Here’s your chance. John Attig, professor emeritus, and ...

University of Wisconsin geoscience professor Shanan Peters spends a lot of time looking at rocks. But finding good-looking rocks can sometimes be a challenge. Peters said the difficulty of finding ...

The upper Midwest doesn't often come to mind first when discussing the most geologically significant regions of the United States or North America. Few geological features of North America are as ...

Imagine this: It’s 1984, and two amateur paleontologists are digging in a quarry near Waukesha when they discover what ultimately turns out to be about 2,000 invertebrate fossils — things like ...

The Ferryville Tourism Council announces the second Chautauqua program of the 2019 summer series, starting at 6:30 p.m. July 10 in the Ferryville Village Hall, 170 Pine St, Ferryville. The program ...