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Arctic Adventures with Dr. Doug Currie

  Dr. Currie and his colleagues, technicians and grad students, will be available to answer your questions and to tell stories about what the pesky black fly can tell us about our changing natural world.  Doug is THE authority on black flies (he wrote the book on them), and his research has

Social Structure

Social Structure At first glance, ancient Egyptian society seems highly structured and rigidly stratified, particularly in the Old Kingdom. Ptahhotep, the wise Vizier who lived about 2414-2375 BCE, put it this way: If you are in the antechamber, Stand and sit as fits your rank, Which was assigned

Wildlife Photography: When Science Meets Art

Wildlife Photography: When Science Meets Art

By Guest Blogger Pedro Bernardo, PhD Candidate and ROM Biodiversity researcher. The huge number of colors, shapes, and sizes of living things always amazed me. So I decided to dedicate my life to study this amazing mega diverse world of life. After graduating in Biology I have worked at the Museum

NEW RESEARCH: Seed Eating May Have Helped Beaked Birds Survive

NEW RESEARCH: Seed Eating May Have Helped Beaked Birds Survive

Living birds may have their ancestors' beaks to thank for surviving the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.  New research indicates the closest relatives of modern birds, the small feathered raptor dinosaurs and primitive toothed birds, went extinct abruptly at the end of the

Landmark $5 Million Donation from Dan Mishra

Landmark $5 Million Donation from Dan Mishra

Dan Mishra’s donation of $5 million to the Museum’s South Asian section is the largest ever and a fitting tribute to the philanthropist’s adopted country as it celebrates its 150th year. “I’ve lived in Canada for almost 50 years and every moment, every day, I’m so proud of this

What is it? Unexpected Life in Downtown Toronto

What is it? Unexpected Life in Downtown Toronto

by Antonia Guidotti, Maureen Zubowski and Dave Rudkin ROM Natural History staff often receive specimens for identification. In entomology, they frequently receive and identify common household pests, however, they recently received something a little bit more unusual. A community centre in the

From Meteorites to Slime- A Look at the ROMForYou “Space Day” at The Hospital For Sick Children

From Meteorites to Slime- A Look at the ROMForYou “Space Day” at The Hospital For Sick Children

(written by Min Wong, member of ROMForYou, Friends of Earth and Space, Friends of Paleontology) Have you ever held a piece of Mars? Martian meteorites are exceedingly rare but kids got to see one first hand on “Space Day” at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) over the March Break. It was

Rhinoceros Reminder that Conservation Requires Continued Commitment

Rhinoceros Reminder that Conservation Requires Continued Commitment

A surge in the poaching of Southern White Rhinoceros made the ROM reconsider the presentation of our iconic specimen When the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity first opened to the public in the spring of 2009, the Royal Ontario Museum was excited to be able to lead into the gallery with

A Fish With a Big Bang

A Fish With a Big Bang

Fossils provide a direct record of the great ancestry and amazing evolutionary transformations of life on Earth. Such transformations occurred across unfathomable timescales of millions to hundreds of millions of years or more. Perhaps one of the most remarkable stories of such transformations

Education

Education  Going to school was a privilege and only children of the upper classes received a formal education. Reading and writing, the skills of a scribe, were the most prized forms of learning, and were seen as the key to a successful career in the king's service. Girls did not attend