News & Stories

The Burke’s Paleontology team ventured to the Petrified Forest and found specimens that can answer questions about the Late Triassic period.

Burke researchers learn more about the Burke’s Balinese “jukung” outrigger canoe.

Herbarium researcher Mark Darrach helped discovered a new plant species—and plans to auction off the right to name it.

The Testing, Testing 1-2-3 exhibit included specimen prep in public view—here’s how people responded.

The Herbarium helps to solve a mysterious discovery—in ski boots of all places!

The T. rex skull jacket is open, with the skull and the teeth almost fully revealed.

Go inside the new Burke Museum to get a sneak peek of the construction progress.

We're reconstructing a full-scale Columbian mammoth using a combination of real and 3D-printed fossils from the collection.

Documenting the biodiversity of an important group of animals—one shell at a time.