Mammals

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

For hundreds of years, a species of flying squirrel was hiding right under (actually, above) our noses. 

Researcher Susumu Tomiya is using photos of tiny teeth to understand the prehistoric origins of modern-day carnivores.

New research explores the unique evolutionary relationship between short-tailed fruit bats and New World pepper plants.

Burke Mammalogy researchers head to the North Cascades in pursuit of the elusive Northern Bog Lemming.

When paleontologists cut into the fossilized jaw of a distant mammal relative, they got more than they bargained for—more teeth, to be specific.

An early mammal that had, pound-for-pound, the strongest bite force of any mammal ever recorded.

Studying microfossil teeth of the Sagebrush Vole from Washington state to understand a pattern of evolution.

A local 10-year-old discovered a fossilized mammoth tooth while walking along the beach on Whidbey Island.