Research impact

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

Luke Tornabene, Burke Museum Curator of Fishes, recently discovered a new species of goby as it was being chased by a lionfish outside of Curacao.

Graduate student John Chau discovers the origin of the Butterfly-bush, a familiar flowering plant in the Seattle area.

What the future holds for spiders and other species in forest areas cleared for logging.

The Burke Museum is working with researchers from Coastal Raptors to aid in conservation efforts for Washington's coastal raptors.

A Burke team's recent fieldwork in Hell Creek leads to the discovery of a baby Triceratops frill.

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

When dams cause stagnant lakes to form, frogs may have a harder time reaching opposite sides of lakes and maintaining high levels of genetic variation.

Paleontologists picking through a bounty of fossils from Montana have discovered something unexpected.