News & Stories

A new study traces the first tusks back to ancient mammal relatives that lived before the dinosaurs.

The Burke Museum is excited to announce grant applications are open for Native artists to visit the museum’s cultural collections. 

October 11 is a day of honor for the Indigenous people of this land.

Learn how three Burke Museum staff members celebrate Latinx Heritage Month and how their culture influences their work and home life.

A team of Burke Museum and University of Washington paleontologists excavated four dinosaurs in northeastern Montana this summer.

Burke Museum Tribal Liaison and Yakama Nation member Polly Olsen shares the work and relationships involved in creating land acknowledgements. 

New study analyzes role of scent compounds in the co-evolution of bats and pepper plants.

A recent study published in the journal Biotropica by Burke Museum researchers provides an important roadmap to conserving rough-nosed horned lizards (Ceratophora aspera) in Sri Lanka. 

The Herbarium celebrates its 25th Annual Foray.