Fossils

The Zambian and Tanzanian fossil beds preserved both plants and animals, providing information on paleoclimate before and after extinction.

Foraminifera, or forams for short, are single-celled organisms that live in the open ocean, along the coasts and in estuaries.

30 million years ago, the world lacked its grass-dominated environments, but 70 million years ago, grasses had not evolved—or so we think.

Burke Museum paleontologist uses new laser-induced fluorescent techniques to uncover never-before-seen details on fossils.

Washington's first dinosaur fossil gives insight into what the west coast was like 80 million years ago.

Seattle is abuzz after construction workers find an unexpected guest from the Ice Age.

Rock exposures are rare in the icy wastes of Antarctica, but they are the only places where finding fossils is possible.

Washington state is home to a wide variety of fossils. Best of all, there age has several fossil sites that are open to the public.

Researcher Regan Dunn reconstructs what types of vegetation existed in ancient Patagonia to understand the impact of climate change.