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Archaeological sites around Puget Sound have found more than 280 plants, birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, shellfish and other marine life used as traditional Coast Salish cuisine.

Model Chinese ships are an important record of this form of shipbuilding preceding modern ships made of steel and fiberglass.

From Amazonian jungles to Mexico's deserts, the diversity of these ecosystems is unrivaled. It is home to earth’s greatest biodiversity.

The totem pole, which had become a symbol of "American Indianess," was not a traditional art form of the southern Coast Salish peoples.

Sharlene Santana studies how behavior, diet, anatomy and function result in bursts of diversification in tropical bats.

Researcher Regan Dunn reconstructs what types of vegetation existed in ancient Patagonia to understand the impact of climate change.

The rings in a tree stump can tell us a lot about the tree, but did you know similar records are hidden inside the tiny ear bones of fishes?

From Native village to metropolis, the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle has undergone dramatic transformations. 

The Chilkat blanket was conceived to be a royal object in motion—the fringe swirls and sways as the wearer dances, dips and turns to a drum beat.