June 2014
Monthly Archive: June 2014
A Fish With a Big Bang
![<i>Metaspriggina walcotti</i> as it might have looked in its environment. Reconstruction by Marianne Collins. © Conway Morris and Caron. Illustration of Metaspriggina](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/metaspriggina_rconstruction600.jpg?itok=7HMBD-6F)
New fossils reveal first hints of the evolution of jaws in primitive fish.
Ontario BioBlitz Brings Bad News for Arachnophobes
![A young BioBlitzer gently holds a crawling spider in his hands. Photo by Vincent Luk a young boy carefully lets a spider crawl across his palms](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/2014-05-24_bioblitz148-2_0.jpg?itok=2lR-TPCX)
Guest Blogger and 2014 Ontario Bioblitz Arachnid Taxon team leader Dr. Gergin Blagoev, Research Associate at the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO), tells us about finding double the expected number of spider species in the Humber River Watershed and shares a couple of the most interesting species that were found.
Sharing of Museum Biodiversity Data on the Web
![Map of the world.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/gbif.jpg?itok=NEVJ94X_)
Learn about where you can find open source data from our biodiversity collections
2014 Ontario Bioblitz Bird Count Gets Results!
![A Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) rests on a fence post | Photo by Tallie Garey, EVC Student A small blue and white bird sits on a post against background of vegetation.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/talliegarey_bioblitz_2014-5630.jpg?itok=zKYzPkLH)
Guest blogger and 2014 Ontario Bioblitz Bird Taxon team leader Kevin Kerr, Curator of Birds at Toronto Zoo, writes on some of his experiences inventorying birds, including 9 species-at-risk, from the Humber River Watershed.