Environments

The latest news, blogs, and video from the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.

Our generous donors make it possible for us to offer cost assistance to eligible schools, programs and families to ensure no child is turned away because of financial limitations.

Now open! It’s a new kind of museum—and a whole new way to experience our world.

Luke Tornabene, Burke Museum Curator of Fishes, recently discovered a new species of goby as it was being chased by a lionfish outside of Curacao.

Tiny organisms called foraminifera have a big story to tell about the health of Puget Sound.

Foraminifera, or forams for short, are single-celled organisms that live in the open ocean, along the coasts and in estuaries.