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Ontario BioBlitz 2013: Report from the Field

What do you get when you gather more than 400 avidly curious citizen-scientists in a 40-square-kilometre park to count species for 24 straight hours? Well… you get more than 100 different types of bird, 80 different spiders, hundreds of insects, approaching 600 plants… and a tonne of fun! In

Engaging our Audiences: Announcing a new addition to the ROM Executive Team

On September 17, Janet Carding, Director & CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum, announced some important news. Following an extensive international search, the Museum has hired its first-ever Deputy Director, Engagement: Dr. Xerxes Mazda will be joining the ROM early in November. As part of our

Ben & Bruno’s Excellent Trilobite Adventure

Curatorial staff in attendance at the ROM’s popular bimonthly Rock, Gem, Mineral, Fossil, and Meteorite Identification Clinics are routinely treated to a fascinating array of objects brought in by an equally fascinating cross-section of our museum visitors. From very junior geologists clutching

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

December 3 rd  marks the United Nation’s annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Promoting an understanding of disability issues and mobilizing support for the rights, dignity, and well-being of persons with disabilities of all ages, this day also emphasizes the benefits for all

Welcome to 2014 at the ROM

As the ROM prepares to celebrate its Centennial beginning this March, I have been reflecting on the year that’s just passed and all the inspiring activity that’s taken place at the Museum. The highlights for me from the past 12 months include opening our critically acclaimed Mesopotamia:

For the Adventuresome: Traversing Back in Time with Dr. Ed Keall

For the Adventuresome: Traversing Back in Time with Dr. Ed Keall

By Daira Szostak   It was a muggy, August afternoon when I met with Dr. Keall to discuss his plans for a new project. Sitting across from him in the dim bar, it felt like a spy movie where I was being enlisted for a covert mission. Details were few. I was familiar with the castle he spoke of,

A thank you to all the volunteers at the ROM

  This week marks National Volunteer Week, a special week that recognizes and pays tribute to the many contributions that volunteers make each day in Canada and around the globe. Now in its 72 nd year, National Volunteer Week celebrates the efforts and time of volunteers and the incredible impact

Dr. Burton Lim's Yellow Shouldered Bat

A new species of Bat was recently named after our very own Dr. Burton Lim! The Bat, officially known as Sturnira burtonlimi or Burton's Yellow Shouldered Bat is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Researchers from the Field Museum in Chicago and the American Museum Natural History in New York

Moonbird re-sighting

Moonbird re-sighting

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. Since then Allan and his team at the ROM along with a growing community of partners

Triceratops Dig Week 1

Triceratops Dig Week 1

For the past week, a small crew from the Royal Ontario Museum’s palaeontology division (@ROMPalaeo) has been excavating a Triceratops site on private ranchland in Harding County, South Dakota (Fig. 1). The rocks exposed on the ranch are 67 million years old, and are classified as part of the