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Ancient Coast Salish canoe project launches

November 22, 2016

More than fifty years ago, a 25-foot-long dugout canoe was found eroding out of a muddy bank of the Green River.

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Hidden biodiversity within the birds of western North America’s mountains

November 14, 2016

Do bird populations living on different mountain ranges evolve independently of one another?

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A story told in stone and wood: The Coast Salish and historic Seattle

October 4, 2016

This stone woodcarving adze—broken and embedded in a piece of cedar—is unlike most items in our archaeological collections.

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Tiny microfossil teeth contain insights into evolutionary process

October 4, 2016

Studying microfossil teeth of the Sagebrush Vole from Washington state to understand a pattern of evolution.

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Rare Siberian bird found dead in Washington state

September 28, 2016

A rare Asian songbird was far off course last December when it fatally struck a window on Lopez Island.

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Two UW students use a shovel to carry a heavy fossil across barren landscape in Antarctica

Antarctica before dinosaurs

September 14, 2016

Burke paleontologists travel to Antarctica to collect 250-million-year-old fossils from the Triassic period.

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Green Darner Dragonfly: Washington state insect

September 8, 2016

Meet the Green Darner Dragonfly—the official Washington state insect.

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The mystery boat from Bali

September 7, 2016

The Burke Museum has a traditional jukung in its Culture collections, but until recently its origins were a mystery.

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Local 10-year-old discovers mammoth tooth on Whidbey Island

September 6, 2016

A local 10-year-old discovered a fossilized mammoth tooth while walking along the beach on Whidbey Island.

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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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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.

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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.