MADISON (WKOW) — One person was hospitalized Wednesday night after falling through the ice on Lake Mendota. The Madison Fire ...

In the winter, Lake Mendota is covered in ice, but when this thaws in summer, it’s engulfed by algae. These cyclical shifts ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A person was recovering Thursday after falling through the ice on Lake Mendota Wednesday night. Madison Fire Department crews were called to the lake near Picnic Point at around 10:50 ...

According to a new study in Nature Microbiology, researchers found that through the course of a year, most individual species of bacteria in Lake Mendota rapidly evolved, apparently in response to ...

In Madison, Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota, bacteria evolves cyclically in lockstep with the lake’s changing conditions. A new study detailing this phenomenon includes data from water samples ...

Like Bill Murray in the movie "Groundhog Day," bacteria species in a Wisconsin lake are in a kind of endless loop that they can't seem to shake. Except in this case, it's more like Groundhog Year.

In Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, bacteria undergo an extraordinary cycle of evolution, changing their evolutionary process based ...

A 20-year study in Lake Mendota shows bacteria evolving seasonally, with genetic variations resetting annually. A 2012 extreme weather event caused lasting gene shifts, highlighting microbial ...

In Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, bacteria undergo an extraordinary cycle of evolution, altering their evolutionary processes ...