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Project Guyana – Expedition Update
Hello, this is Stacey Kerr, an Environmental Visual Communication student at the ROM. “Curator’s Corner: Project Guyana” was a huge success this past weekend, showcasing some of the work done by ROM curators on the biodiversity of Guyana. It also afforded us a quick update from Burton Lim, As
Project Guyana – Expedition Underway
nan Caverhill, Biodiversity Intern Hello! Joshua See here, Environmental Visual Communication student at the ROM. I am writing from the wild heart of Guyana, where I am documenting the research and education efforts of Burton Lim, Assistant Curator of Mammals. Burton Lim, Assistant Curator for
Facebook Features A Fishy Story!
When ROM Ichthyologist Dr. Hernan Lopez-Fernandez was unable to attend a 2011 expedition to the Cuyuni River in Guyana, he found other creative ways to collaborate with fellow scientists. Dr. Lopez-Fernandez enabled Devin Bloom, a U of T graduate student with extensive experience in Guyana thro
BioBlitz Bits: The Bat Pack at Baker's Woods
ert, Dr. Burton Lim, the ROM's Assistant Curator of Mammalogy. Burton has been researching bats for over 30 years. From the Iwokrama Forest in Guyana, to DNA barcoding at the ROM, Burton has worked with over 350 different species. He has also assisted in discovering 8 species of bats that
Good Over Evil: Diwali, Festival of Lights
over one billion Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains (and their friends!) in South Asia and among the South Asian Diaspora; it is an official holiday in: Fiji, Guyana, India, Mauritius, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Suriname, Sri Lanka, and Trinidad and Tobago! Popularly and affectionately known as the ‘festi
ROM Research Colloquium: BLOG-A-THON (Day 1)
ies that was new to science was the Guianan broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus guianensis). I helped describe this new species, which is only known from Guyana and Suriname in northern South America, in 2014 with a colleague at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Simona Margaritescu: