Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
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The Burke cares for and shares natural history and cultural collections so all people can learn, be inspired, generate knowledge, feel joy, and heal.
In the early 1980’s, we began preparing separate spread wings to help illustrate features of birds that had never been accurately drawn.
Today our collection of spread wings is the largest in the world, preserving more than 40,000 specimens.
Today our collection of spread wings is the largest in the world, preserving more than 40,000 specimens.
September 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In the early 1980’s, we began preparing separate spread wings to help illustrate features of birds that had never been accurately drawn.
Today our collection of spread wings is the largest in the world, preserving more than 40,000 specimens.
Today our collection of spread wings is the largest in the world, preserving more than 40,000 specimens.
We’re happy as a clam to see this project completed!
January 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We’re happy as a clam to see this project completed!
Previously considered to be an optical illusion, Rico-Guevara’s close-up slow motion footage shows the tips of hummingbird beaks bend open as their tongue emerges while the rest of the beak is shut tight allowing the beak to fill with nectar.
December 15, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Previously considered to be an optical illusion, Rico-Guevara’s close-up slow motion footage shows the tips of hummingbird beaks bend open as their tongue emerges while the rest of the beak is shut tight allowing the beak to fill with nectar.
Fossil Lab Manager Kelsie Abrams talking about her favorite extinct species. Gorgonopsids.
December 2, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Fossil Lab Manager Kelsie Abrams talking about her favorite extinct species. Gorgonopsids.
We sat down with Mammalogy Curator @sesantana.bsky.social to ask her about the cutest bats we’ve ever seen.
November 26, 2024 at 1:27 AM
We sat down with Mammalogy Curator @sesantana.bsky.social to ask her about the cutest bats we’ve ever seen.