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Smithsonian scientists name a new species of fossil whale from the Burke Museum collection after Burke Curator Dr. Elizabeth Nesbitt.
Burke Museum and University of Washington botanists have created a much-needed second edition of the Flora of the Pacific Northwest.
Archaeologists find the earliest use of nutmeg as a food ingredient and evidence of the transition to early farming practices in Indonesia.
Scientists have quantified the vast number of fossils that sit unstudied in natural history collections—a project three years in the making.
Barker and Burke collections left the museum’s walls and journeyed behind bars at the Washington State Reformatory Unit in Monroe.
Burke Museum and University of Washington paleontologists discovered more than 100 fossil specimens in 56 localities during a recent research expedition to Antarctica.
You Otter Know: The Big Bites of Little Sea Creatures
Preparation begins on the “Tufts-Love Rex”, excavation from the field complete.
A small tear revealed a rare piece history hiding in plain sight.
Video shows invasive lionfish feasting on new Caribbean fish species