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 ...
Humans Teach Cranes To Be Cranes In Baraboo
The International Crane Foundation, based in Baraboo, works around the world to save cranes. Producer Breann Schossow spent a day ...
The Hermit And The Goshawk
The hermit had a name but no one knew it, or almost no one did. Francis Zirrer, an import from ...
One Woman’s Lessons Learned From Observing The Fox River
As a child, I was taught that a river was the lifeline of an area. It fed its residents, allowed ...
Seeing Wisconsin From a Unique Perspective
E. Arti Wulandari’s Wisconsin Life started in Fall of 2006, when she began graduate study at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. ...
Snowbirds Migrate Home to Wisconsin
In a flash of orange and red, the first red-winged blackbird of our drive north glides along a fence line ...
Remembering the Passenger Pigeon
One hundred years ago, a passenger pigeon named Martha died in captivity in a Cincinnati Zoo. She was the last ...
Ecologist Researches Birds, Mammals And Aquatic Life On St. Martin Island
The Nature Conservancy’s Mike Grimm regularly walks this island sanctuary where most people will never step foot. Mike explores this ...
Nest in Peace
While backyard birders may enjoy hosting nesting birds, birds do not always build their nests in convenient locations. Mike Paulus ...
Wood Carving Artist Crafts Lifelike Eagle Feathers
Winnebago wood carver-artist Tom Tyers hand carves and paints feathers that are so lifelike that people often mistake his work ...
The Birds
May is prime bird-watching season in Wisconsin as many migratory birds return to nest or stop to refuel on the ...
Spring Warblers
Spring warblers are beginning to make their way through Wisconsin right now. Today, writer Mary Ellen Gabriel recalls the spring ...
Wisconsin’s Woodcocks
What’s the very first sound of summer? Commentator Catherine Jagoe says if you go for a walk in the woods ...