Research impact

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

Burke research and programs contextualize what is happening in our world and inspire action. 

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The iconic evergreen forests of the Pacific Northwest haven't always been here.

Scientists have just discovered the newest member of that family—an iguana-sized reptile whose name means “Antarctic king.”

Archaeologists find the earliest use of nutmeg as a food ingredient and evidence of the transition to early farming practices in Indonesia.

Download and print Pocket Bat cards and you can have a variety of 3D augmented reality bat skulls right in your pocket.

Meet Wimahl chinookensis, a new species of fossil dolphin that lived about 18 million years ago in the waters of the Pacific Northwest.

UW paleontologists, including Burke curator Christian Sidor, have uncovered new fossils in Zambia and Tanzania.