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UW, Burke researchers discover four dinosaurs in Montana: Fieldwork pieces together life at the end of ‘Dinosaur Era’

Andrea Godinez — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:34:18 +0000

A team of paleontologists from the �� and its Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture excavated four dinosaurs in northeastern Montana this summer. The four dinosaur fossils are: the ilium — or hip bones — of an ostrich-sized theropod, the group of meat-eating, two-legged dinosaurs that includes Tyrannosaurus rex and raptors; the hips and legs of a duck-billed dinosaur; a pelvis, toe claw and limbs from another theropod that could be a rare ostrich-mimic Anzu, or possibly a new species; and a Triceratops specimen consisting of its skull and other fossilized bones.

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‘More pepper, please’: New study analyzes role of scent compounds in the coevolution of bats and pepper plants

Andrea Godinez — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 17:25:54 +0000

A study published Aug. 11 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B by researchers at the �� and Stony Brook University reports on how bats and pepper plants in Central America have coevolved to help each other survive.

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New DNA study provides critical information on conserving rainforest lizards

Andrea Godinez — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 17:51:59 +0000

A study published June 16 in Biotropica by a team of researchers at the ��, the UW Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, WWF Hong Kong and the University of Colombo has provided an important road map to conserving rough-nosed horned lizards in Sri Lanka.

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Scientists describe earliest primate fossils

Andrea Godinez — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:38:35 +0000

A new study published Feb. 24 in the journal Royal Society Open Science documents the earliest-known fossil evidence of primates. These creatures lived less than 150,000 years after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction event that killed off non-avian dinosaurs and saw the rise of mammals.

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Study shows plant extinction is more common than previously realized

Andrea Godinez — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:26:56 +0000

A new study reveals that 65 plant species have gone extinct in the continental United States and Canada since European settlement, more extinctions than any previous scientific study has ever documented.

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No social distancing in the Cretaceous: New study finds earliest evidence for mammal social behavior

Andrea Godinez — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 16:01:07 +0000

A new study led by paleontologists at the �� indicates that the earliest evidence of mammal social behavior goes back to the Age of Dinosaurs. A multituberculate that lived 75.5 million years ago, Filikomys primaevus engaged in multi-generational, group-nesting and burrowing behavior, and possibly lived in colonies.

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New Chinook art piece welcomes visitors to the Burke Museum: Guests from the Great River

Andrea Godinez — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 19:05:19 +0000

A new art installation, Guests of the Great River, now greets visitors to the Burke Museum. The piece consists of 11 large-scale bronze paddles representing the arrival of a Chinookan canoe carrying cultural heroes of the Columbia River region, and with them the knowledge they embody.

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Flowering plants, new teeth and no dinosaurs: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals

Andrea Godinez — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 22:15:55 +0000

A new study published April 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified three factors critical in the rise of mammal communities since they first emerged during the Age of Dinosaurs: the rise of flowering plants; the evolution of tribosphenic molars in mammals; and the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs, which reduced competition between mammals and other vertebrates in terrestrial ecosystems.

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Iguana-sized dinosaur cousin discovered in Antarctica, shows how life at the South Pole bounced back after mass extinction

UW News staff — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:10:59 +0000

Scientists have just discovered a dinosaur relative that lived in Antarctica 250 million years ago. The iguana-sized reptile's genus name, Antarctanax, means "Antarctic king."

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Updated book compiles 45 years of changes in Pacific Northwest flora

Andrea Godinez — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:07:29 +0000

Botanists at the ��’s Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture have created a much-needed second edition of the “Flora of the Pacific Northwest.”

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