News & Stories

Documenting the biodiversity of an important group of animals—one shell at a time.

Researcher Kristin Campbell looks into whether skull anatomy and bite force explain dietary differences in sea otters.

The Burke Museum Herbarium is revising the guide to vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Burke Museum scientists leading effort to create a digital encyclopedia of 3D vertebrate specimens.

What else was hiding in those dusty hills? The team heads back out to find more of the T. rex.

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Seattle is one of the most dramatically re-engineered cities in the United States.

Working with communities to rebuild a traditional Native boat-building practice, bringing this knowledge back into a living context.

Recent testing confirmed the presence of woolly dog hair in a Coast Salish blanket from the Burke Museum’s collections.