Bonnie Willison holding her two WAVE video awards.

12/23/25

Spearfishing Video Nets WAVE Visual Excellence and Judges Choice Awards

“Spring Fish Harvest with the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin,” a University of Wisconsin-Madison Aquatic Sciences Center video, has won the 2025 WAVE Visual Excellence and Judges Choice awards. The WAVE awards are a celebration honoring excellence in the Madison-area video production industry and web, multimedia, audio, and graphic design fields. Aquatic Sciences Center Read more about Spearfishing Video Nets WAVE Visual Excellence and Judges Choice Awards[…]

A man in a blue shirt and white hat holds up a big bag of red fish guts

12/11/25

Guts and glory: Thinking beyond the fillet

The 100% Wisconsin Fish contest award winners proposed creative ways to use fish.

12/10/25

Join us for Students Ask Scientists on January 14

Professor Ben Peterson will discuss how mercury becomes toxic in aquatic environments.

An Alverno student takes blood from an Atlantic salmon

12/03/25

Alverno College students explore Great Lakes aquaculture

They toured several aquaculture facilities and helped collect data on Atlantic salmon.

A man in a blue shirt and hat points toward the tree canopy.

11/11/25

Outdoor learning series connects elders, students, and the land

The series invites University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students and staff to learn about natural areas on campus.

A tour group in high visibility vests looks at permeable pavement

10/29/25

Stormwater infrastructure tour puts the ‘green’ in Green Bay

The East River Collaborative’s field tour showcased bioswales, permeable pavement, and native plant gardens across the city.

Video game-image of a shipwreck laying at the bottom of a lake

10/24/25

WCER’s Field Day collaborates with Wisconsin Sea Grant to develop shipwrecks game

“Legend of the Lost Emerald” is an immersive, point-and-click adventure game for kids.

10/20/25

Join us for “Students Ask Scientists” on November 6

Anna Hill will talk about how scientists track fish in Lake Michigan.

Graphic announcing Wisconsin Science Festival 2025

10/13/25

‘Story of Water’ spotlights sturgeon at Wisconsin Science Festival

On Oct. 25, 2025, kids and families can enjoy sturgeon activities and book talks about all things fish.

A drone photo of a ridge and swale ecosystem from above, showing parallel strips of forest and wetland next to Lake Michigan.

10/07/25

The Swale Tale

How an unusual Door County landscape is helping researchers learn how Great Lake water levels affect groundwater and forests in coastal areas Landscapes tell a story. That can be obvious to the casual observer traveling around the state, whether it’s taking a scenic fall drive through the Driftless Area in southwest Wisconsin, exploring the potholes Read more about The Swale Tale[…]