Natural Science

Last week, the night sky in much of the country was ablaze with the aurora borealis, which were particularly spectacular in the greater Twin Ports area. But with skywatchers on both sides of St. Louis Bay, which is best for viewing the northern lights — Superior or Duluth?

In 1984, paleontologists found and saved a portal to prehistoric Wisconsin right in Waukesha County. Scientists are still discovering new fossils from it — most recently a leech that has pushed back the origins of the species by millions of years.

Geologists say the museum, founded on the UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities campus nearly 25 years ago, is unique in the country for telling the story of Wisconsin’s geological and mining history.

The Raptor Resource Project’s golden eagle research is tracing what the eagles do in their summering and wintering grounds.

This “time capsule” of 19th-century geological collecting includes about 55,000 fossils and 12,000 minerals from the area.

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 […]