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Triceratops Dig Week 2: June 20- June 27

Triceratops Dig Week 2: June 20- June 27

@ROMPalaeo Triceratops Dig Week 2: June 20-June 27 After getting the site dried out, and the mapping grid set up over our quarrying area, we settled down and started to dig. The weather improved significantly for the rest of our time in South Dakota, so we had ten straight days of uncovering fossil

Triceratops Dig 2014 Recap

Triceratops Dig 2014 Recap

Our time at the Triceratops site came to an end on Friday, June 27. As we rushed to get the last jackets out of the quarry and close down the site for the year, a menacing storm was rolling in, but we made it out just in time (Figure 1).  With the back of our pick-up truck filled with plaster

A SILURIAN “SHARK” TALE

What comes to mind when you hear or read the word “jaws”? For many, it will be the eponymous 1975 Hollywood blockbuster, starring a memorable mechanical menace in the form of a ravenous Great White Shark – along with a few notable human actors, of course. Or perhaps it invokes images of

Museums and Climate Change: Two Easy Steps and One Provocative Move

Museums and Climate Change: Two Easy Steps and One Provocative Move

Our world leaders converged on Paris yesterday for the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change, or #COP21.  During the opening ceremonies we heard from the top dogs, including US President Barack Obama, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Canadian Prime

Mexican Cartel lands are home to a newly described species: Goode’s Thornscrub Tortoise

Mexican Cartel lands are home to a newly described species: Goode’s Thornscrub Tortoise

There are now 342 species of turtles and tortoises described, up from 341 yesterday. Although new species are described almost every day, largely from taxonomic groups that include insects and other invertebrates, rarely do scientists describe a new reptile, mammal or bird species. It’s big news,

An Unwavering Commitment to the ROM

An Unwavering Commitment to the ROM

Frank Potter, left, and Jack Cockwell The Distinguished Service Award is the highest honour the Museum can bestow on a volunteer and is reserved for those who have generously provided extraordinary and meritorious service to the ROM. The ROM recognized Jack Cockwell and Frank Potter with this

The Temertys – Two of the ROM’s Greatest Ambassadors

The Temertys – Two of the ROM’s Greatest Ambassadors

Louise and James Temerty Avid museum-goers, James and Louise Temerty discovered the ROM when they moved to Toronto from Montreal over 35 years ago. When the opportunity came along in 1998 for Jim to volunteer on the ROM Board of Governors, he jumped at the chance. Since then, the Temertys have

John Borovilos- Investing in a Legacy of Learning

John Borovilos- Investing in a Legacy of Learning

John Borovilos conducts around 50 Museum tours each year. When John Borovilos talks about the ROM’s collections, his enthusiasm is palpable. A ROM Member since the 1980s, he recalls visiting the ROM as a child and being astounded by the height of the Museum’s Nisga’a mortuary totem pole,