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A small tear revealed a rare piece history hiding in plain sight.
Video shows invasive lionfish feasting on new Caribbean fish species
For hundreds of years, a species of flying squirrel was hiding right under (actually, above) our noses.
One of the specimens of Magnuviator ovimonsensis found at Egg Mountain.
Dinosaurs at the Burke Museum by Dino Weekend
Uncover thousands of years of history in Washington state at the Burke Museum's Archaeology Day.
A new study by Burke Museum and University of Washington paleontologists describes an early marsupial relative called Didelphodon vorax that lived alongside ferocious dinosaurs and had, pound-for-pound, the strongest bite force of any mammal ever recorded.
Burke Museum paleontologists discovered a Tyrannosaurus rex, including a very complete skull.
Bug out as thousands of specimens, dead and alive, fly, buzz, or crawl to the Burke Museum for Bug Blast, a favorite annual all-ages event.
The Burke Museum is pleased to welcome Dr. Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse as the new Curator of Northwest Native Art.