invasive species

It’s ice fishing season, and for Door County anglers that means catching lake whitefish. But warmer winters are impacting the iconic species' life cycle and reproduction.

Recently an unwanted guest was discovered in one of Wisconsin's must popular tourist destinations – Geneva Lake. Scientists and local groups are grappling with the first-documented invasive quagga mussels in a Wisconsin inland lake.

For more than two decades, federal and state agencies have been trying to prevent Asian carp from taking hold in the Great Lakes. Part of the prevention is limiting the spread of carp in the Mississippi River Basin, which stretches from northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.

"Deep Lake Future" is an immersive art experience going on now at Var Gallery in Walker's Point in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It takes visitors on a data collection mission in a futuristic world overrun with invasive species and musical fish.

Mequon began goat landscaping back in June 2020 in the Pukaite Woods. For the last couple summers, the goats visit the woods and graze on the land, removing invasive honeysuckle and buckthorn.

The invasive worms, which reproduce rapidly, are creating havoc in forests. They thrash around so violently that they can jump out of a person's hand. They also lose their tail — on purpose.

People have been talking for years about Asian carp and how the invasive fish might impact the Great Lakes.In 2002, Asian carp were detected 60 miles from…

The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing a plan to stop silver and bighead carp moving from the Mississippi River basin into the Great Lakes.Cheryl Nenn…

Congress ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to find a way to prevent aquatic invasive species from passing from the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes…

Dogs are extremely good at sniffing things out. Mequon Nature Preserve decided to take advantage of the canine skill and brought on Tilia, the first…