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Artists of the Floating World, Part I
Written by Josiah Ariyama Supervised by Dr. Asato Ikeda A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Print s, exhibited at the ROM from May until November, 2016 offers but a glimpse into the lives of Wakashu, or “young companions” living in Edo period Japan (1603-1868). The exhibition not
How Drone Photography is Saving Wildlife
Guest Blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Lisa Milosavljevic In the past few years, drone photography has provided us with more images from the skies than ever before. These Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, are aircrafts that do not have a human
Empty Skies: Behind-the-Scenes- Recreating Passenger Pigeon Habitat
Guest blog post by environmental visual communication student Justine DiCesare, with photos by Vincent Luk During my summer placement as an environmental visual communication student with ROM Biodiversity, I had the opportunity to meet with the talented ROM technician Georgia Guenther. Georgia
Meet a Worm with Invisibility Powers
New species of fossil worm with a big bite, discovered in the Burgess Shale. Decades of ROM discoveries and research has culminated in the naming of a new fossil species that belongs in a mysterious group of predatory marine invertebrates that are still alive today, called arrow worms. Capinatator
Wildlife Photography: Behind the Camera
Guest Blog written by Environmental Visual Communication students Aisha Parkhill-Goyette and Jeff Dickie Imagine you are deep in the jungle of Sri Lanka. You find yourself blinded by the pouring rain, knee deep in a rushing river, desperately trying not to fall in. Lightning strikes only meters
Toronto at the Turn of the (Last) Century
The City of Toronto was officially incorporated in 1834 and the second half of the 19th century was a period of great growth in the city. The population grew through railway and steamer links, which facilitated the arrival of immigrants at the port or the new Union Station building. The harbour was
The Past in the Present: A Dialogue
The Past in the Present: A Dialogue By Catherine Tammaro, Richard Zane Smith, and Craig Cipolla Nearly a year ago we met together at the Royal Ontario Museum to discuss and handle Wendat pottery. Our meeting led to a small collaborative research and writing project that resulted in an ongoing
True Blue Detectives
Guest blog written by 2017 Environmental Visual Communication student Connor McDowell The Royal Ontario Museum has marked yet another first for science with its Blue Whale project. This achievement could hold keys to the conservation of this majestic, endangered mammal – not to mention a deeper
Three cheers for Burgess Shale’ newest oddball animal, a worm with waving “arms”
By Jean-Bernard Caron, Senior Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology, Royal Ontario Museum Today, the ROM is announcing a spectacular new species from the world-famous Burgess Shale site in Yoho National Park. Its name, Ovatiovermis cribratus, means “standing suspension-feeding worm” in Latin
Yellowjackets (a.k.a. Late Summer Picnic Pests)
We love picnicking outside in the summer but in August and September our meals are inevitably cut short because of wasps. What are they and what can we do about them? Yellowjackets - much worse than ants at a picnic! There are a few species of these social wasps in Ontario, but most common are