Fossils

The recovery and preparation of Washington's first dinosaur fossil nicknamed Suciasaurus.

Researchers sink their teeth into this tricky evolutionary question.

By extracting phytoliths from once-living plants, scientists were able to uncover a story of vegetation change in response to climate.

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.