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Ultimate Dinos Sneak Peek: Dinosaurs and Wine
March 24, 2012 In the world of palaeontology, Argentina is famous for its spectacular dinosaur fossils. But in the greater world, it is known for, among many other things, its amazing wine. The province of Mendoza has been producing world-renown wine for many years, but in the last decade
Does a mild winter mean more insects?
Given our warmer-than-average winter this year, ROM entomologists have fielded numerous enquiries about whether mild winter temperatures will result in more bugs this spring and summer. Unfortunately, there is no simple “yes” or “no” answer to this question — the best response is “It
Three Questions with Cyrus Sundar Singh
Popular imagery of India is often full of bright colours that create vibrant landscapes. Taking a closer look it becomes clear that not only are India’s many forms of street art a huge source of these aesthetics, but also that they are changing. Canadian filmmaker Cyrus Sundar Singh, enchanted
Ontario tables the "Invasive Species Act": What is it, and what role should natural history museums play?
By Dave Ireland, Managing Director, ROM Biodiversity The Ontario Minister of Natural Resources, David Orazietti, joined by the Ontario Biodiversity Council, which includes representation from the ROM, introduced a new piece of legislation yesterday: the Invasive Species Act. This is unprecedented
Women in Wildlife Photography
Guest Blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Krystal Seedial It’s that time of year again that all wildlife photography enthusiasts have been waiting for! The winning images from the eminent Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition are currently on display at the Royal
10 Birds You'll Love More Than Flappy Bird
Is your high score below 10? Are you constantly crashing into those nauseating green pipes? Behold Flappy Bird, a frustratingly repetitive and highly addicting flash game about a bird who depends on you to navigate through Super Mario-esque pipes. The instructions are undefined, but the game is
DNA confirms relationship between the giant flightless moa and the tinamous
Bringing a historical debate into the genomic age Why did the ratite cross the supercontinent? The beginning of a joke or part of one of the longest running debates in ornithology (the study of birds)? The large flightless birds known as the ratites currently include the ostrich from Africa,
Bugs are moving in (not bed bugs this time)
Question: It’s fall, why are all these bugs coming into my home? I’ve never seen them before! Western conifer seed bug; copyright ROM images At this time of year, this is one of the most common insects that you might run into. They are relatively new to our fauna since they were not found in
Conservator in the House – In-situ Conservation of the “Tree Cookie”
Submitted by Heidi Sobol, Senior Conservator of Paintings The conservation treatment of the Douglas fir cross-section presently on display in the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity has been underway for the past couple of years … but mainly up in the labs in the Conservation Department
Beautiful Bugs! A New Acquisition
The ROM Library has recently acquired an edition of E. A. Séguy’s Insects, published in the 1920s. The book contains highly coloured and detailed full-page illustrations of insects, executed in the expensive pochoir printing technique favoured at this time. The scientific study of insects