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"Pseudo-Nature" and Photographic Integrity

"Pseudo-Nature" and Photographic Integrity

Guest blog written by 2015 Environmental Visual Communication student Sean de Francia The 13th of June saw the fourth annual Ontario Bioblitz, a 24-hour frenzy of citizen science bringing taxonomic experts and ecological enthusiasts to the Don River Watershed to create an inventory of the local

#ROMmeme Week 1: Prairie Dogs

#ROMmeme Week 1: Prairie Dogs

Thank you for submitting your hilarious takes on the prairie dogs meme. We essentially spent the entire week laughing at the entries below. We'll share next week's image on Monday, so stay tuned!    

Weeks 2 & 3 of #ROMmeme

Weeks 2 & 3 of #ROMmeme

We are absolutely LOVING all the memes you guys are sending in for #ROMmeme. It's a beautiful mixture of pop culture references, natural history and ancient world cultures. The perfect trifecta, really. Here's a selection from the last two weeks featuring many a reference to Mean Girls

#emptyROM- Jamaal Merrick

On August 19th we welcomed 10 lucky people for our first #emptyROM tour. The concept is not new, but new to Toronto. One of the photogrpahers that took part was Jamaal Merrick, better known as @jamaalism on Twitter and Instagram. Jamaal sent us five of his photos from the tour, we'll let them

ROM in the Field: Bats, Barcoding, and a Baby

ROM in the Field: Bats, Barcoding, and a Baby

ROM Biodiversity (@ROMBiodiversity) is in the fields and forests of Sri Lanka for an intense four weeks doing the first comprehensive survey of bats and other small mammals in close to 80 years. Follow the South Asian adventure on social media with #ROMSriLanka, and join Burton Lim and the Team

Blue Whale Update: A Whole Lotta Heart

Blue Whale Update: A Whole Lotta Heart

Guest Blog written by 2015 Environmental Visual Communication student Sam Rose Phillips I smelt it before I saw it. Following my nose to what can only be oddly described as the smell of farm mixed with wet dog food, all was confirmed when the stench lead to a Jacuzzi-sized stainless steel tank.

Hopping Their Way to Your Heart

Hopping Their Way to Your Heart

Guest Blog written by 2015 Environmental Visual Communication student Lian Jong Lizards and snakes and frogs oh my! These groups are a part of a broader scale of animals called amphibians and reptiles and the scientists who study them are called herpetologists. The Royal Ontario Museum is home to

#emptyROM- bora.vs.bora

#emptyROM- bora.vs.bora

Back on August 19th we hosted our first #emptyROM tour and are still recieving photos from our guests. Today, I'd like to share four photos with you by our friend Bora. Bora has been featured in HuffPost  and is a well known Toronto photographer featured in  a multi-disciplinary art show at

#emptyROM- @stilez

Our last set of #emptyROM photos are IN! @stilez  on Twitter and Instagram  is a well known Toronto photgrapher and we love it every time he comes to shoot the ROM. Below are a few photos he shared with us from our first #emptyROM tour on August 19th.  Great photos, thanks @stilez! Stay tuned

The ROM's Very Own Batman Returns

The ROM's Very Own Batman Returns

Blog by the ROM Sri Lanka Communications Team, Deirdre Leowinata and Vincent Luk After every trip, there’s a period of time that passes before everything sinks in. For our #ROMSriLanka team, after a whirlwind of non-stop surveying, the events of the expedition are finally catching up to us.