Mammals

Exploring how (and when) whales, dolphins and porpoises evolved the ability to efficiently swim through the water.

The Burke Museum and College of Engineering are collaborating to scan and 3D print a large-scale mammoth.

An extinct animal often cited as a ‘missing link’ between modern seals and their four-limbed, land-dwelling ancestors.

How does competition between species affect their long-term evolution?

We started removing the cast covering LuLu the Columbian mammoth's tusk to get a glimpse into its preservation.

A Burke research team recently surveyed fruit bats living on the small island of Grenada.

Burke paleontologists collected the partial skull of what's likely a Columbian mammoth after it was found along an eroded bluff near Sequim.

What can the fossil record tell us about how seals and sea lions evolved into the animals they are today?

Fossil baleen whales from the Pacific Northwest contain insights into how the largest creatures on earth evolved.