News & Stories

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

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

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

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

Burke paleontologists collected the partial skull of what's likely a Columbian mammoth after it was found along an eroded bluff near Sequim.

What can the fossil record tell us about how seals and sea lions evolved into the animals they are today?

Fossil baleen whales from the Pacific Northwest contain insights into how the largest creatures on earth evolved.

How did a spider common in Europe make its way to Seattle? We may never know, but it appears to be here to stay.

Totem poles are thought of as symbols of Seattle by many, but, in fact, the Indigenous peoples of Washington state did not traditionally carve totems.