Category Archives: Lab

The Burke Museum Behind the Scenes Night was a big success. Herpetology had a few things to offer this year in honor of the “Year of the Snake”. Jared and Matt helped with a “Snakes of Washington” table, Erin and … Continue reading →

Check out “Head Like an Orange” to see lots of cool reptile-related animated GIFs.

Burke research volunteer and UW undergraduate Madison Mayfield just completed her first biological illustration. We’re looking forward to seeing more of her work. Madison will begin working in the lab in Spring 2013.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission kicked off their Python Challenge this weekend.  Burmese pythons are invasive species that are eating everything in the Florida Everglades ecosystem, including native wildlife and house pets. The Python Challenge pays  $1,000 to the person … Continue reading →

Written by David Maddison. Published by Systematic Biology (2012): doi: 10.1093/sysbio/sys057. The Tree of Life I think that I shall never see A thing so awesome as the Tree That links us all in paths of genes Down into depths of … Continue reading →