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Wolverines are one of the rarest and most elusive mammals in North America. Hunted near extinction they’re finally starting to return.

What was once a species with unimaginable number, the passenger pigeon became extinct in less than a century.

The Burke Museum Herbarium's new Washington Wildflowers wildflower identification app.

A labor of love! Burke paleontologists take steps to preserve the South Lake Union mammoth tusk.

The mask that inspired the Seattle Seahawks logo is discovered to be part of the Hudson Museum collection in Maine.

A Northwest Coast Native mask is identified as the inspiration for the Seattle Seahawks original logo after years of speculation.

The strangest-looking arachnids found in Washington state according to Rod Crawford.

Monkeys have the most colorful faces of all mammals, and new research suggests that's not just a pretty face.

Rock exposures are rare in the icy wastes of Antarctica, but they are the only places where finding fossils is possible.