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Carrie Tribble is a fun-gal (...biodiversity researcher)

October 8, 2024

Meet our new Herbarium Curator, Dr. Carrie Tribble.

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DIG Field School 2024 Recap

September 20, 2024

Looking back at the 2024 DIG Field School.

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2024 DIG Field School Classroom Connections | Part 1

September 13, 2024

Meet some of the amazing teachers who joined us at DIG Field School this summer.

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Otters, Tools, and Teeth: A success story

May 28, 2024

A new study has found that sea otters are able to eat harder, larger prey and reduce tooth damage by using tools.

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Burke Museum receives NEA grant for upcoming exhibition, Woven in Wool

May 15, 2024

$50,000 award comes from the Endowment’s Grants for Arts Projects program.

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DIG Field School Classroom Connections, Part 4

April 19, 2024

As we wrap up the school year, meet more of the teachers who participated in the 2023 DIG Field School and see how they are taking what they learned back to their classrooms.

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Meet the 2024 DIG Field School Instructors

April 19, 2024

Meet some of the students and Burke staff who will be out supporting the 2024 DIG Field School this summer.

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Estella Leopold: Researching the past to inform the present

March 20, 2024

Dr. Estella Leopold, a pioneering paleobiologist and professor emerita of biology at UW, passed away on February 25, 2024, at the age of 97.

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Meet the Paleontologists Visiting the Burke

February 26, 2024

The paleontology collections have been busy with visiting researchers. Let's meet a few!

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Amphibians & Reptiles of Washington

Explore the diversity of the fascinating amphibians and reptiles found in Washington state.

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Idaho Wildflowers App

The Burke Museum Herbarium and its partners have released plant identification apps for the wildflowers of Idaho.

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Plants & Fungi of Washington Image Collection

Images and information about bloom time, habitat, and distribution range for the plants and fungi species that grow wild in Washington state.

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