The Madison Fire Department is responding to Lake Mendota on reports of a vehicle in the water Thursday afternoon.

The Madison Fire Department Lake Rescue Team was sent to Lake Mendota near Picnic Point shortly before 4 p.m. and launched ...

Lake Mendota in Wisconsin is transformed by the changing seasons – covered by ice in winter, and by algae in summer – and a ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A person was rescued from their vehicle after it broke through the ice on Lake Mendota Thursday. At around 3 ...

The Madison Fire Department responded to Lake Mendota near Picnic Point on Wednesday, Jan. 16, for an occupied vehicle that ...

Unpredictable temperatures have meant that, beneath its semi-solid ice surface, Lake Mendota has kind of been in a state of ...

Lake Mendota bacteria evolve rapidly with seasonal changes, adapting to conditions yet returning yearly to near-original ...

Most species of bacteria in Lake Mendota rapidly evolved with the change of seasons, returning to a similar state every year, ...

The team analyzed genetic material from microbes in a one-of-a-kind archive of water samples collected over 20 years from ...

Bacterial cells have lots of interesting abilities. They can pass a kind of memory onto offspring; easily share genes; and ...

Madison will host the World Ice and Sailing Association World Championship for the first time in America next month.