A Wolf Named Kristi
It’s peak summer vacation season for many people across Wisconsin. Some families are creatures of habit, returning to the same ...
Artist Creates Portraits Of Beloved Horses And Dogs
Classically-trained artist Marie Fritz Perry is an animal lover and competitive horsewoman. She’s combined interests as an artist specializing in ...
Appleton Man Runs An Oddities Store
In the lobby of an Appleton tattoo parlor, there’s an inkling of something strange. Step inside “The Body Shop” on ...
The Dips And Swings Of Wisconsin Winter Weather
Winter is full of its ups and downs, both in our moods and in the temperatures. Helene Phelps reminds us ...
Geologists Rewrite The Story Of Wisconsin’s Boaz Mastodon
This year marks a major anniversary for one of Wisconsin’s most famous fossils. But before they could celebrate, Madison geologists ...
The Comfort Of A Leopold Bench
I remember my first Wisconsin hike, ten years ago, just after moving here from Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. I stepped from ...
Discovering An Ecosystem
Lately, I have been on the trail of a muskrat. Before winter, his muddy mound of a home appeared through ...
Artist Creates Portraits Of Beloved Horses And Dogs
Classically-trained artist Marie Fritz Perry is an animal lover and competitive horsewoman. She’s combined interests as an artist specializing in ...
Wildlife in Need
Four years ago, the non-profit, Wild Instincts Rehabilitation Center near Rhinelander opened their doors to treat sick, injured and orphaned wildlife. Nancy ...
Mustang and Burro
Every so often, wild horses and burros captured in the western United States are trucked to Mequon by the Bureau ...
Trapper
Fur trapping drove Wisconsin’s economy for more than 200 years. Trapping remains a way of life for some Wisconsinites, including ...
Moskey Basin
The list of what makes a place special is endless. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn tells us about what is for ...
Playing Possum
We celebrate Earth Day this week. Many animals have evolved the ability to feign death. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn witnessed ...
Just a Chicken
Chickens have become common backyard animals in areas urban and rural. Chicken-sitting for neighbors, writer Heidi Hodges considered the relationship ...