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A close up view of the lower jaw of a fossil skull with large teeth visible

Uncovering the evolutionary effects of inter-continental migration

May 27, 2016

How does competition between species affect their long-term evolution?

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Breaking ground on the New Burke

May 20, 2016

More than 500 people gathered on May 18 to celebrate breaking ground on the New Burke Museum.

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Creating connections through Hmong objects

May 9, 2016

Students and community members connect with Hmong objects in the Burke collections.

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Peruvian Desert home to wealth of ancient life

April 8, 2016

Raked by vigorous winds, with not a blade of grass in sight, Peru’s desert coast looks remarkably different from its past.

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Take a tour inside the fish collection

March 25, 2016

From preservation processes to cutting-edge research—the Burke Museum fish collection is a fascinating place to visit!

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Costa Rican plants: Studying the present to understand the past

March 15, 2016

How tiny fossilized plant particles in Costa Rica can be used to reconstruct past landscapes.

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Removing the cast on LuLu's mammoth tusk

March 11, 2016

We started removing the cast covering LuLu the Columbian mammoth's tusk to get a glimpse into its preservation.

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Healing and solidarity with the Marshallese community

March 10, 2016

An emotional ceremony of remembrance, healing, and solidarity with the Marshallese community.

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Surveying bats in Grenada

February 23, 2016

A Burke research team recently surveyed fruit bats living on the small island of Grenada.

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Mammal Diversity

An interactive tree diagram showing the pathways of relatedness and historical evolution of today’s 29 different mammal orders.

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The archaeology of Seattle's West Point

A 1992 construction site led to a significant discovery of cultural remains of local Native Americans that lived at and used the site for thousands of years.

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Spider Myths

Spider expert Rod Crawford tackles the most common myths he hears in an attempt to set the record straight about spiders.

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