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Triceratops Dig Week 2: June 20 - June 27
![Figure 1. The @ROMPalaeo team working in the Triceratops quarry. ROM Palaeo team working in the Triceratops quarry.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/tricera-blog-week2_page_1_image_0001.jpg?itok=Hko0Z1uB)
@ROMPalaeo Triceratops Dig Week 2: June 20-June 27
Plant Sex on Display at the World Pride FNL "OUT of the Cupboards" Event
![The Secret Sex-Lives of Plants Sign for the botany table in the Schad Gallery for the "OUT of the cupboards" event](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/out-of-the-cupboards.jpg?itok=dyMor6La)
On Friday June 27th, I manned the Botanical Battlestation in the Schad Gallery for a Friday Night Live feast of strange, symbolic and sexual plant specimens.
Celebrate Canada Day with Maple Syrup!
![Maple Leaf Maple leaf on forest floor; http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maple_leaf.jpg#file](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/maple-leaf_1.jpg?itok=Y8Yig7wu)
In celebration of Canada Day and Canadian Heritage Week (July 1st - July 7th) this post will relfect on the rich heritage and history embedded within our maple leaf.
Montréal Botanical Garden hosts the 50th Anniversary meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association
![By being late for the banquet, we came across a family of foxes who were moving out into the Garden after most of the human visitors had left. By being late for the banquet, we came across a family of foxes who were moving out into the Garden after most of the human visitors had left.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/tinyfoxes.jpg?itok=dqThrN4O)
Deb Metsger and I are on the train coming back from Montréal where we attended the 50th Anniversary meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association.
Triceratops Dig Week 1
![The Triceratops quarry was under water when we arrived. Land with water on it](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/tri-quarry.jpg?itok=tjess9fL)
For the past week, a small crew from the Royal Ontario Museum’s palaeontology division has been excavating a Triceratops site on private ranchland in Harding County, South Dakota.
Your Guide to Family Summer Fun at the ROM
![ROM Family Fun http://www.rom.on.ca/en/support-us/inspiring-stories/barrick-gold-family-day-at-the-rom](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom-family.jpg?itok=Fqg7Q91w)
A step-by-step guide to visiting the ROM with your kids!
Sloth Life
![Upside-down Two-toed sloth http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_toed_sloth.JPG Upside-down Two-toed sloth](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/upside-down-two-toed-sloth.jpg?itok=k5FIXtI4)
What you may or may not know about this unusual mammal.
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
Moonbird re-sighting
![The orange flag on this Red Knot's leg indicates it was banded in Argentina.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/baker_red-knot_banded1.jpg?itok=LNncIbNa)
Back in 1995 ROM ornithologist Dr. Allan Baker was part of an international team that banded a small shorebird in Argentina, a Red-knot soon to become dubbed Moonbird, with a leg band with the number B95 on it.
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)