News & Stories

Luke Tornabene, Burke Museum Curator of Fishes, recently discovered a new species of goby as it was being chased by a lionfish outside of Curacao.

Graduate student John Chau discovers the origin of the Butterfly-bush, a familiar flowering plant in the Seattle area.

Analyzing the limited samples of the oviraptorosaur to answer lingering questions about this species' growth and anatomy.

What the future holds for spiders and other species in forest areas cleared for logging.

The Burke Museum is working with researchers from Coastal Raptors to aid in conservation efforts for Washington's coastal raptors.

Frogs across the world are threatened by many issues, including climate change, habitat loss and infectious diseases.

Burke archaeologists are working to preserve ancestral artifacts owned by the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe in the North Cascades.

The roofline of the New Burke is inspired by the traditional structures of the Coast Salish peoples.

UW Pacific Islander students decode Oceanic objects and traditions in Disney's Moana.