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Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!

October 8, 2021

October 11 is a day of honor for the Indigenous people of this land.

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Celebrating Latinx Heritage

October 7, 2021

Learn how three Burke Museum staff members celebrate Latinx Heritage Month and how their culture influences their work and home life.

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Four Dinosaurs Discovered in Montana

September 20, 2021

A team of Burke Museum and University of Washington paleontologists excavated four dinosaurs in northeastern Montana this summer.

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Acknowledging the Land, Building Deeper Relationships

August 24, 2021

Burke Museum Tribal Liaison and Yakama Nation member Polly Olsen shares the work and relationships involved in creating land acknowledgements. 

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More Pepper, Please

August 11, 2021

New study analyzes role of scent compounds in the co-evolution of bats and pepper plants.

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New DNA Study Provides Critical Information on Conserving Rainforest Lizards

August 2, 2021

A recent study published in the journal Biotropica by Burke Museum researchers provides an important roadmap to conserving rough-nosed horned lizards (Ceratophora aspera) in Sri Lanka. 

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Herbarium Foray program: Celebrating 25 years of collection and community

July 28, 2021

The Herbarium celebrates its 25th Annual Foray.

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Happy Golden Anniversary to Rod Crawford at the Burke Museum!

July 27, 2021

Rod Crawford, Arachnology & Entomology Curatorial Associate, celebrates 50 years at the Burke!

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Behind the Scenes in the Burke malacology collections

July 13, 2021

University of Washington student Jill Kumasaka gives a tour of the Burke malacology collections.

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Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria

More than 2.4 million plant, fungal, lichen, and algal specimen records from the Pacific Northwest.

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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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Mammal Diversity

An interactive tree diagram showing the pathways of relatedness and historical evolution of today’s 29 different mammal orders.

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