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 244-252 of 318 articles RSS Feed Video Removing the cast on LuLu's mammoth tuskMarch 11, 2016We started removing the cast covering LuLu the Columbian mammoth's tusk to get a glimpse into its preservation. More Details Blog Healing and solidarity with the Marshallese communityMarch 10, 2016An emotional ceremony of remembrance, healing, and solidarity with the Marshallese community. More Details Blog Surveying bats in GrenadaFebruary 23, 2016A Burke research team recently surveyed fruit bats living on the small island of Grenada. More Details Blog A mammoth find in SequimJanuary 22, 2016Burke paleontologists collected the partial skull of what's likely a Columbian mammoth after it was found along an eroded bluff near Sequim. More Details Blog Seal evolution in the Pacific NorthwestJanuary 19, 2016What can the fossil record tell us about how seals and sea lions evolved into the animals they are today? More Details Blog From teeth to baleen: Fossils hold cluesJanuary 19, 2016Fossil baleen whales from the Pacific Northwest contain insights into how the largest creatures on earth evolved. More Details Blog Pine cones yield a spider first for North AmericaJanuary 8, 2016How did a spider common in Europe make its way to Seattle? We may never know, but it appears to be here to stay. More Details Blog How did totem poles become a symbol of Seattle?November 19, 2015Totem poles are thought of as symbols of Seattle by many, but, in fact, the Indigenous peoples of Washington state did not traditionally carve totems. More Details News Microscopic organisms are key indicators of the health of Puget SoundNovember 13, 2015Tiny organisms called foraminifera have a big story to tell about the health of Puget Sound. More Details Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Current page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 … Next page Next › Last page Last » Explore More See All Resource Amphibians & Reptiles of Washington Explore the diversity of the fascinating amphibians and reptiles found in Washington state. More Details Resource 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. 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