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 253-261 of 319 articles RSS Feed 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 News Going batty in the San Juan IslandsOctober 30, 2015Studying how bats are susceptible to land fragmentation, providing information on how to protect these animals. More Details Blog Seeds of the New BurkeOctober 29, 2015The Native plant nursery at Oxbow Farm is growing Northwest Native plants in anticipation of the new Burke facility. More Details Blog Love for people, love for cultureOctober 29, 2015Cory Fuavai is a UW student doing research at the Burke to support of his goal to become a Samoan Matai chief. More Details Blog Cloudy with a chance of horned lizardsOctober 29, 2015Though the lizards may seem like a portal to a bygone era, their habitat and survival faces serious threats today. More Details Blog The beauty and humility of collectingOctober 29, 2015Graduate student Ethan Linck reflects on his first scientific collecting trip with the Burke ornithology team. More Details Blog Small and fierce: Analyzing bat bite forceOctober 29, 2015How hard can a bat bite, and why does it matter? Curator Sharlene Santana explains the evolutionary insights to be learned from bite force. More Details Blog Shining a light on deep-sea biodiversityOctober 29, 2015Ted Pietsch retired in July after 37 years as Burke Museum curator of fishes and professor in the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. More Details Blog Monitoring the health of Puget SoundOctober 27, 2015WA State Dept. of Ecology scientist Maggie Dutch partners with the Burke’s Puget Sound Foram Research Lab to study Puget Sound. More Details Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Current page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 … Next page Next › Last page Last » Explore More See All Resource Mammal Diversity An interactive tree diagram showing the pathways of relatedness and historical evolution of today’s 29 different mammal orders. More Details Resource Washington Flora Checklist Explore the complete checklist of the vascular plants of 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