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Habelia, a fossil predator with a “multi-tool” head

Habelia, a fossil predator with a “multi-tool” head

By Cédric Aria Post-doctoral researcher   The rare animal Habelia optata, which had originally been described in 1912, had remained one of the most problematic fossils from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale—the 508 million years old exceptional fossil deposit of British Columbia (see Habelia

Wu Dacheng: ROM Chinese Jades at the Suzhou Museum

As part of a special exhibition entitled Collections of the Wu Family From Suzhou in the Qing Dynasty (December 16, 2017, to March 11, 2018), the Royal Ontario Museum lent 28 Chinese jades to the Suzhou Museum. This exhibition, curated by the Suzhou Museum, constitutes the second in the series of

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

Mobile Interpretation in Museums

Learn about the latest research and discoveries happening at the ROM and mark your calendars for the 33rd annual ROM Research Colloquium coming up on February 3, 2012. Ryan Dodge is the Acquisitions Technician in the Library as well an active member of the ROM’s Social Media team. Here, he tells

Mexico’s Day of the Dead at the ROM

Mexico’s Day of the Dead at the ROM

Chloe Sayer, guest curator of  ¡Viva México! Clothing & Culture  and ROM Research Associate, is back in Toronto for the  ROM’s celebration of Day of the Dead  on October 30, one of Mexico’s most important annual festivals. But Chloe hasn’t returned alone. She’s joined by Arturo

Were These Peruvian Mummies Climate Change Nomads?

Words and photos by Lisa Milosavljevic   ROM Ancient (@ROMAncient) is in southern Peru at the 1,400 year old archaeological site of Quilcapampa until the end of August 2016. This is a ROM-led project with Justin Jennings, curator of New World Archaeology. The project is run in collaboration with

From the Field: Last day before departure

July 26 It’s our last full day here. Tomorrow morning we fly back south to Winnipeg - if the weather cooperates. The forecast is calling for possible thunderstorms all the way up the west coast of Hudson Bay past Arviat to Rankin Inlet and Baker Lake, where our flight originates. Typical … I

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,

Summerasaurus Part IV: How to Find Dinosaurs

Mark Farmer recently returned from an expedition to the badlands of southern Alberta with Dr. David Evans, Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the ROM, in search of dinosaurs. Join us as Mark and Dr. Evans put up their notes from the field, detailing discoveries, how dinosaurs are found

What Is “Obscene”? And Who Decides? — Thought and Proposition by the Curator of "A Third Gender"

What Is “Obscene”? And Who Decides? — Thought and Proposition by the Curator of A Third Gender By Asato Ikeda     The Toronto Star ’s art critic Murray Whyte published a generous review of the show A Third Gender, calling it “a quiet landmark of an undeniable social shift.”