Geology Department

The university’s Geology Department has an extensive display of fossils, rocks and minerals. Developed in the 1980s by geology research technician George Mustoe, the collection now lines the hallways of the buildings’ first three floors.

While some of the items are in display cases,…

Volcano researcher Dave Tucker will talk about the eruptive history of Mount Baker on Thursday, Oct. 14, at Whatcom Museum.

The free event begins at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public. It will be in the Rotunda Room of the museum's Old City Hall building, 121 Prospect St.

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Graichen told him that he believed it was a stony meteorite. He gave Wasson contact information for an expert at Western Washington University in Bellingham.

A couple of weeks later, Wasson got paperwork showing that his simple garden ornament was a 45 million-year-old rock that had…

Whatcom County Historical Society announced its 2010-11 progam of speakers and presentations.

The free events start at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays in the Rotunda Room of Whatcom Museum's Old City Hall building, 121 Prospect St. The lineup:

Oct. 14: "The Eruptive History of the…

One of the primary reasons the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre exists is for research, and that's why two students from Japan and the U.S. have come to continue their studies in paleontology here. Kati Slater is a geology major from Western Washington University, but she jumped at the…

Western Washington University geophysicists are making localized air-pollution maps by tracking the magnetism of tree leaves. Car and some industrial pollution contains particles of magnetic iron oxide that stick to the leaves, making them magnetic.

Fifty million years ago, a 380-pound flightless bird called diatryma stalked the floodplains.
Although diatryma was long thought to have existed in this region, a recent discovery by geologists from Western Washington University of a fossilized footprint of this 7-foot-tall bird proves it…