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 ...

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

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

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

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

In the waterways connected to the Great Lakes, researchers uncover boats that tell the story of millennia of Indigenous ...

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

The team used a one-of-a-kind archive of 471 water samples collected over 20 years from Lake Mendota by McMahon, Rohwer and other UW-Madison researchers as part of long-term monitoring projects ...

According to a new study in Nature Microbiology, researchers found that through the course of a year, most individual species of bacteria in Lake Mendota rapidly evolved, apparently in response to ...

Plus, the pleasant 80-degree temperatures are perfect for enjoying the Memorial Union Terrace and the water activities on Lake Mendota. If you want to experience the city at its most vibrant ...