News & Stories Photo: Cathy Morris/Burke Museum Photo: Cathy Morris/Burke Museum Filter News All Topics Amphibians & Reptiles Archaeology Art & Artists Birds Bugs Burke at Work Climate Change Dinosaurs Environments Equity & Inclusion Fish Fossils Gems & Minerals Grant project Heritage In the Field Mammals New Burke News Plants & Fungi Research impact Shells & Molluscs All Types News Blog Video Showing 145-153 of 302 articles RSS Feed Video Going to the end of the Earth to uncover fossil life in AntarcticaMay 9, 2018A paleontology research expedition to Antarctica—one of the most difficult places to do fieldwork in the world. More Details Blog A fitting first object: Madrone tree specimen moves into the New BurkeApril 17, 2018A specimen from a tree that once stood on the site of the new Burke Museum is the first object to be moved into the new building. More Details Blog New species of fossil dolphin from the Pacific NorthwestApril 16, 2018Meet Wimahl chinookensis, a new species of fossil dolphin that lived about 18 million years ago in the waters of the Pacific Northwest. More Details Video The soles of the Japanese GulchApril 13, 2018Researcher Ashley Pickard visits the Burke Museum to study shoe samples from the Japanese Gulch archaeological site. More Details News Coast Salish art piece will welcome visitors to the New BurkeApril 9, 2018The Burke Museum has commissioned a Coast Salish art piece for the lobby of the New Burke. More Details Video Construction on the New Burke is completeMarch 28, 2018Less than two years later after the New Burke’s groundbreaking, construction is complete! More Details News Decade of fossil collecting in Africa gives new perspective on Triassic periodMarch 28, 2018UW paleontologists, including Burke curator Christian Sidor, have uncovered new fossils in Zambia and Tanzania. More Details Blog Fossilized remains of prehistoric seal is a new speciesMarch 22, 2018Visiting researcher Dr. Robert Bossenecker recently discovered a new species of prehistoric seal in the Burke’s paleontology collection. More Details Blog A pocket full of batsJanuary 30, 2018The “Pocket Bats!” outreach program uses augmented reality to allow people to hold replicas of bat skulls in the palm of their hand. More Details Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Current page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 … Next page Next › Last page Last » Explore More See All Resource Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria More than 2.4 million plant, fungal, lichen, and algal specimen records from the Pacific Northwest. More Details Resource Idaho Wildflowers App The Burke Museum Herbarium and its partners have released plant identification apps for the wildflowers of Idaho. More Details Resource The archaeology of Seattle's West Point A 1992 construction site led to a significant discovery of cultural remains of local Native Americans that lived at and used the site for thousands of years. More Details