Natural History
Monthly Archive: December Natu
Study explores evolution of flightless birds
![Tinamous are the closest living relatives of the flightless ratites. Brian Gratwicke/Flickr, CC BY Tinamous](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/hzzq4h65-1399768480.jpg?itok=WrHC0_em)
Kissing the Cod!
![A view of the blue whale's baleen, which lines the upper jaws. | Image by Jacqueline Waters © Royal Ontario Museum A close up shot of the blue whales baleen.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/bluewhale_day5-1-2.jpg?itok=p4Rh-n2w)
Environmental communicator Jacqueline Waters shares more of her experience on the ground with the ROM team working to recover a blue whale carcass in NL.
My first day in Trout River, Newfoundland: ROM biologists arrive, town is curious
![Blue whale remains washed up on the shore at Trout River, NL. | Image by Jacqueline Waters © Royal Ontario Museum A blue whale carcass lies upside down in the water near a rocky shoreline.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/bluewhale_day1-1.jpg?itok=3Zf1rW-K)
Jacqueline Waters shares her impressions from Day 1 of the ROM's efforts to recover a Blue whale specimen near Trout River, NL.
Rhinoceros Reminder that Conservation Requires Continued Commitment
![Bull the Southern white rhinoceros at the Entrance to the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity | Image by the ROM A large make Southern white rhino dominates the entrance to the ROM's biodiversity gallery](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2011_11856_39.jpg?itok=lxMBOVEj)
A surge in the poaching of Southern White Rhinoceros made the ROM reconsider the presentation of our iconic specimen.
Earth Day at the ROM: Saving the Fastest Birds in the World!
![Touching a peregrine falcon: the fastest bird in the world. | Image by the ROM A young boy carefully pets the back of a hooded Peregrine falcon](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2014_14025_5.jpg?itok=ebuPu_K9)
Neighborhood students join the ROM and special guests in learning about the conservation of birds of prey.
Asian Carps and GLMRIS Canadian Information Session
![Invasive Species poster from the Ministry of Natural Resources and GLIMRIS panel at the Information Centre (Photo by Henry H.C. Choong) A poster containing information about invasive species produced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and GLIMRIS](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/photo_1_resized.jpg?itok=9uONJsa8)
Henry H.C. Choong shares his insight into a recent, important information session regarding the threat of invasive species in the Great Lakes basin.
Ontario tables the "Invasive Species Act": What is it, and what role should natural history museums play?
![The Great Lakes display in the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity Photo of the ROM's Great Lakes display, featuring a Bald eagle, a Beaver, a Snapping turtle, and various other species](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/img_0149-resized-recolored.jpg?itok=78Hr--lV)
Why is this legislation important, and how can museums support it?
When Objects Guide Our Pedagogy: An Introduction to Experiential Learning
Experiential learning is a teaching method that allows learners to explore and examine objects that illustrate larger concepts.
Museums, stories and things.
![Image of visitors in the Birds Gallery Visitors in the Birds Gallery](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/birds169.jpg?itok=EX0PRzwP)
Get ready for an insider's look at the ROM from someone who's usually very far outside of it.
Ontario Road Ecology Group - Protecting biodiversity from the threat of roads
![Ontario Road Ecology Group Logo](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/oreg_logo_16x9.jpg?itok=Ix8eOjrF)
Authored by Mandy Karch.
The Ontario Road Ecology Group (OREG) has been working to protect biodiversity from the threats of roads through research, policy and stewardship initiatives with our partners. The Heart Lake Road in Brampton cuts through protected wetland complexes, and OREG has been there to help.