News & Stories

Cory Fuavai is a UW student doing research at the Burke to support of his goal to become a Samoan Matai chief.

Though the lizards may seem like a portal to a bygone era, their habitat and survival faces serious threats today.

Graduate student Ethan Linck reflects on his first scientific collecting trip with the Burke ornithology team.

How hard can a bat bite, and why does it matter? Curator Sharlene Santana explains the evolutionary insights to be learned from bite force.

Ted Pietsch retired in July after 37 years as Burke Museum curator of fishes and professor in the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences.

WA State Dept. of Ecology scientist Maggie Dutch partners with the Burke’s Puget Sound Foram Research Lab to study Puget Sound.

Cherokee, Tlingit and Filipino storyteller, Gene Tagaban, aka “One Crazy Raven,” helped the Burke celebrate the Seahawks' trip to Super Bowl XLIX.

The recovery and preparation of Washington's first dinosaur fossil nicknamed Suciasaurus.

Developing “barcodes” with fungi DNA helps easily identify species.