Research impact

Tiny organisms called foraminifera have a big story to tell about the health of Puget Sound.

Studying how bats are susceptible to land fragmentation, providing information on how to protect these animals.

Cory Fuavai is a UW student doing research at the Burke to support of his goal to become a Samoan Matai chief.

How hard can a bat bite, and why does it matter? Curator Sharlene Santana explains the evolutionary insights to be learned from bite force.

Ted Pietsch retired in July after 37 years as Burke Museum curator of fishes and professor in the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences.

WA State Dept. of Ecology scientist Maggie Dutch partners with the Burke’s Puget Sound Foram Research Lab to study Puget Sound.

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

Matt McElroy hopes to answer how and why biological evolution occurred in the past, and what role thermal adaptation played in this process.

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