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Ultimate Dinos Sneak Peek: Arrival in Patagonia, Argentina
March 22-23, 2012 Over the next ten days, I am travelling through Neuquen Province, in Patagonia, Argentina with a small crew of New Media experts from the ROM – producer Rob McMahon and filmographer Randy Dreager. We will be working with local scientists to make a short documentary film on the
Opening Night for A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Prints
Written by Sofia D’Amico (Student at Fordham University) Supervised by Asato Ikeda (Assistant Professor at Fordham University and Research Associate at the Royal Ontario Museum) Cue the unsophisticated toddler: that’s me. Pan to the setting: that’s Japan Society full of well-established
Habelia, a fossil predator with a “multi-tool” head
By Cédric Aria Post-doctoral researcher The rare animal Habelia optata, which had originally been described in 1912, had remained one of the most problematic fossils from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale—the 508 million years old exceptional fossil deposit of British Columbia (see Habelia
Historic South Rosedale Artist Studio
Submitted by Regina Virgo, Department of Museum Volunteers On our ROMwalk tour of the western section of South Rosedale, we’ll descend into the Rosedale Ravine via Park Road, originally a corduroy road constructed by Sheriff William Botsford Jarvis to make the trip to Rosedale more convenient and
National Volunteer Week | Volunteers cataloguing backyard biodiversity
Volunteers at the Royal Ontario Museum are an integral element throughout our galleries and supporting a wide variety of our public programs throughout the year, including holiday programming, ROMKids camps, Sleepovers, and more! But this National Volunteer Week, we also want to recognize, and
BioBlitz Bits- A Tale of Two Bugs
Blog by ROM Entomology Technician Antonia Guidotti This is the third installment of our "BioBlitz Bits" Series- ROM scientists share their favourite stories from past Ontario BioBlitz events WIth so many species of insects around the world, it’s incredible how many you can find so close
Fashion Crime Stoppers
On April 10 th a distinguished panel of fashion industry insiders will converge upon the Royal Ontario Museum for a debate on some of fashion’s most controversial issues including megabrands, globalism, fast fashion, the pressures of the fashion industry, the business of fashion and what it means
Rouge Park Bioblitz
Submitted by Brennan Caverhill, Biodiversity Intern Starting on Friday June 15 at 3pm sharp, experts and volunteers in biology and natural history will converge at Rouge Park for a 24hr “Bioblitz” to document all living things found within Park borders. Over 150 experts and avid naturalists
Ultimate Dinos Sneak Peek: El Chocon
March 25,2012 Today we went to the area around the town of El Chocon, where numerous fossils have been found. First we visited the Museo Ernesto Bachmann, where the original fossil skeleton of Giganotosaurus is housed and on display. This is THE most complete giant carnivorous dinosaur skeleton
Photographer thoughts: A conversation with Mark Peck
Guest Blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Fatima Ali In a recent CBC interview Mark Peck, the Royal Ontario Museum’s (ROM) very own ornithologist and devoted baseball fan, said, “If the baseball team plays with as much heart as the birds show in everyday life, we'll