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 ...

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 ...

"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall," wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald in "The Great Gatsby." With that crisp-feeling weather comes a dazzling transformation, as tree leaves turn deep ...

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 ...

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 ...