Scientists tangle over a Jurassic mystery: Could the tail of a dinosaur go supersonic? The dinosaur formerly known as Brontosaurus could certainly do a lot of damage with its long tail — but just… Read More
Paleontologists trace the evolution of tusks to toothy Triassic creatures Dental exams conducted on fossils from more than 200 million years ago suggest that the earliest true tusks were sported… Read More
Burke Museum’s paleontology team makes four huge dinosaur finds in Montana Theropods and Triceratops and hadrosaurs, oh my! Seattle’s Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is making significant additions to… Read More
Paleontologists use fossilized teeth to flesh out ancient tale of earliest primates The shapes of fossilized teeth from 65.9 million-year-old, squirrel-like creatures suggest that the branch of the tree of life that… Read More
Photos: New Burke Museum freshens up age-old Northwest treasures — and adds brand-new ones After a three-year, $99 million construction effort, the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is putting the finishing touches… Read More
Eyebrow-raising extinction study goes public, but co-author says it’s just the start After days of puzzling over secondhand reports, anyone with an internet connection can now read a research paper about a… Read More
Scientists claim discovery of a fossilized killing field from the day the dinosaurs died First, there was a violent shock. Then, there was the roar of a 30-foot-high wave of water, throwing fish onto… Read More
Scientists say iguana-sized reptile reigned as ‘Antarctic King’ before the dinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex may have reigned as “king of the tyrant lizards” 65 million years ago, but 185 million years before… Read More
How climate change choked ancient life to death — and why it could happen again Scientists say rapidly warming oceans played a key role in the world’s biggest mass extinction, 252 million years ago, and… Read More
A fossil named after Burke Museum curator tells whale of a tale about evolution A whale that lived 33 million years ago when present-day Oregon was part of the ocean floor has been newly… Read More
Fossil hunters show off Triassic treasures from Antarctica at the Burke Museum More than 100 fossil specimens at Seattle’s Burke Museum provide a fresh window into how life thrived in Antarctica about… Read More
Triassic Park: Paleontologists publish piles of papers on dinosaurs and their relatives News Brief: “Jurassic Park” may be all the rage this summer, but a research team led by the University of… Read More
Burke Museum lifts the curtain on T. rex skull – and you can watch the experts work The only Tyrannosaurus rex skull to go on public display in Washington state is getting its unveiling at Seattle’s Burke… Read More
Scientists argue that humanlike Homo naledi lived alongside our species in Africa The paleontologists who discovered a previously unknown line of human ancestors in South Africa say that they’ve found more fossils… Read More
Scientists are wowed by claim that humans lived in North America 130,000 years ago Scientists say the patterns of breakage in mastodon bones found 25 years ago near a San Diego highway suggest that humans… Read More
Gorgonopsid gone wild! Weird, toothy tumor found in 255 million-year-old fossil A weird type of benign tumor has been discovered in an unlikely place: the fossilized jaw of a distant ancestor… Read More
Seattle’s Burke Museum is getting a T. rex Paleontologists from Seattle’s Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture have discovered the fossil remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex, including… Read More
How climate change plus asteroid struck a ‘one-two punch’ for dinosaur extinction Scientists generally agree that a catastrophic asteroid blast killed off the dinosaurs and most of Earth’s other species more than… Read More
Scientists say early Earth’s atmosphere would have left us light-headed Tiny bubbles that were trapped inside 2.7 billion-year-old rocks have led scientists to conclude that Earth’s atmosphere was less than… Read More
Siberian unicorns? Five incredible science tales that aren’t April Fool’s jokes Unicorns are real! Scientists propose cloaking device to protect Earth from aliens! Glow-in-the-dark skin grown in lab! Those may sound… Read More
Nathan Myhrvold builds a robo-tail to show dinosaurs could create whip-crackin’ sonic booms Nathan Myhrvold, the Microsoft millionaire who went on to found Intellectual Ventures, is a huge dinosaur geek. But not just any dinosaur… Read More
