Whooping cranes: Wisconsin home to America's tallest flying birds again

Whooping cranes were once on the edge of extinction and one of the original endangered species. Thanks to the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, their numbers continue to grow.

Wisconsin State Fair Exploratory Park offers slice of nature

At the Wisconsin State Fair, the DNR's Exploratory Park offers a slice of nature, education and a break from the hustle and bustle of the crowds.

NASA launching free streaming service this year

The new service is part of several upgrades for the space agency's digital platforms.

Ancient whale unearthed in Peru could be heaviest animal ever

A new species of ancient whale might be the heaviest animal ever found. Scientists reported Wednesday that the creature could challenge the blue whale’s title as the heaviest animal to live on Earth.

Scientists find climate change made July hotter for 4 out of 5 humans on Earth

Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than 2 billion people feeling climate change-boosted warmth daily, according to a flash study.

National parks and hundreds of other recreation sites are free to visit Friday

The National Park System includes parks, historic sites, monuments, recreation areas, battlefields and seashores. You can visit them all for free on Friday.

Watch: Eagle swoops down and catches fish midair, wowing onlookers

A bald eagle put on an impressive show for a man and his friends when it swooped down and caught a fish high in the air.

2023 EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh by the numbers

The 2023 EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh welcomed roughly 677,000 people from July 22 through July 28.

NASA loses, regains contact with Voyager 2 probe after sending wrong command

Flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command nearly two weeks ago that tilted the spacecraft’s antenna away from Earth and severed contact.

Wisconsin wolf management: DNR releases revised draft plan

Wisconsin wildlife officials released a revised draft wolf management plan Tuesday, Aug. 1 that recommends holding the statewide population at around 1,000 animals, a concession to conservatives looking for a hard limit.

Euclid mission to study dark universe takes 1st test images, NASA reveals

“After more than 11 years of designing and developing Euclid, it’s exhilarating and enormously emotional to see these first images," said Euclid Project Manager Giuseppe Racca of the European Space Agency.