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Monthly Archive: December What
A tortoise by any other name is…a new species.
Who am I and where do I come from? Photo credit: Taylor Edwards
From the Field: The Tell Madaba Archaeological Project…Crusader castles, ancient cities, and desert valleys!
By Daniel Kwan, Gallery Facillitator and Volunteer
From the Field: Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project 2011
We are back again in southern Alberta, to continue our palaeontological survey and excavation of the Milk River region and adjacent areas. This blog will document how this field season progresses, and will report on any new and exciting dinosaur discoveries from the field!
June 28, 2011: Home Sweet Home
From the Field: The Tell Madaba Archaeological Project…progress!
By Daniel Kwan, Gallery Facillitator and Volunteer
After their first weekend off, the students have returned recharged and ready to dig! Despite the many bruises and sores that I sustained from my hiking trips, I felt more motivated than ever! Due to the progress that we had made in the previous week, precautions had to be made to ensure that the students (and myself) could enter our excavation safely. We have a fantastic group of local Jordanian workers who assist us, many of them have worked with with me during my previous excavation last summer.
From the Field: The Tell Madaba Archaeological Project… Weekend Off!
By Daniel Kwan, Gallery Facilitator and Volunteer
The Mammals Strike Back!
After our recent post about mouse-eating frogs, Burton Lim of the mammalogy department, one of the ROM’s bat experts, decided to fight back for the mammals. Behold Trachops cirrhosus, the frog-eating bat!
From the Field: The Tell Madaba Archaeological Project… Week 2
By Daniel Kwan, Gallery Facilitator and Volunteer
ROMWalks: Coming soon to a neighbourhood near you!
Every time you turn a corner in Toronto, you discover another venerable stone building resplendent with arches, turrets, gables, or statues perched in a niche. Some are nestled between the encroaching skyscrapers of the banking district, others sit proudly on their original estate. The heritage houses, churches, government and university buildings, even the industrial areas, are still brimming with rich history – all have fascinating stories to tell of life in Toronto’s past.
Bee Contest Winners!
On June 11 and 12, the Keenan Family Gallery of Hands-on Biodiversity hosted our Bee Appreciation Day. Visitors from far and wide swarmed to the gallery’s beehive to get the buzz on the new bee colony from our very own Queen Bee, Janine, the gallery’s beekeeper (and I promise I will stop making bee puns now).
Five Questions with Krishna
Submitted by Netta Kornberg, Intern with the Institute for Contemporary Culture.
