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Road Ecology in Presqu'ile Provincial Park

Posted: July 25, 2014 - 14:20 , by ROM
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Biodiversity
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Sean with a snapping turtle

Google+ Hangout on Air: Butterflies of Ontario

Posted: June 23, 2014 - 11:29 , by ROM
Categories: 
ROM Social Media, Technology
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Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes

Join us on July 16th at 2pm EST for our next Google+ Hangout on Air as we chat about the new ROM Field Guide to Butterflies of Ontario!

A Fish With a Big Bang

Posted: June 11, 2014 - 13:00 , by ROM
Categories: 
Burgess Shale, Research
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Illustration of Metaspriggina

New fossils reveal first hints of the evolution of jaws in primitive fish.

Ontario BioBlitz Brings Bad News for Arachnophobes

Posted: June 9, 2014 - 03:03 , by ROM
Categories: 
Natural History, Nature, Biodiversity, Research
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a young boy carefully lets a spider crawl across his palms

Guest Blogger and 2014 Ontario Bioblitz Arachnid Taxon team leader Dr. Gergin Blagoev, Research Associate at the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO), tells us about finding double the expected number of spider species in the Humber River Watershed and shares a couple of the most interesting species that were found.

2014 Ontario Bioblitz Bird Count Gets Results!

Posted: June 2, 2014 - 11:04 , by ROM
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Natural History, Nature, Biodiversity, Research
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A small blue and white bird sits on a post against background of vegetation.

Guest blogger and 2014 Ontario Bioblitz Bird Taxon team leader Kevin Kerr, Curator of Birds at Toronto Zoo, writes on some of his experiences inventorying birds, including 9 species-at-risk, from the Humber River Watershed.

Snapshots of Biodiversity: A Photo Essay on the 2014 Ontario BioBlitz

Posted: May 26, 2014 - 15:41 , by ROM
Categories: 
Nature, Natural History, Biodiversity, Research
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A scientist and a youth look closely at a specimen on a table next to a microscope.

The 2014 Ontario BioBlitz brought 500+ registrants together this past weekend to find and catalogue biodiversity in the Humber River watershed, and students from the Environmental Visual Communication (EVC) Program were there to capture the event from every angle.

Kissing the Cod!

Posted: May 13, 2014 - 09:37 , by ROM
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Nature, Biodiversity, Natural History, Research
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A close up shot of the blue whales baleen.

Environmental communicator Jacqueline Waters shares more of her experience on the ground with the ROM team working to recover a blue whale carcass in NL.

My first day in Trout River, Newfoundland: ROM biologists arrive, town is curious

Posted: May 7, 2014 - 09:04 , by ROM
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Nature, Biodiversity, Natural History, Research
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A blue whale carcass lies upside down in the water near a rocky shoreline.

Jacqueline Waters shares her impressions from Day 1 of the ROM's efforts to recover a Blue whale specimen near Trout River, NL.

Rhinoceros Reminder that Conservation Requires Continued Commitment

Posted: May 2, 2014 - 16:00 , by ROM
Categories: 
Biodiversity, Natural History, Nature, Collections
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A large make Southern white rhino dominates the entrance to the ROM's biodiversity gallery

A surge in the poaching of Southern White Rhinoceros made the ROM reconsider the presentation of our iconic specimen.

The ROM's presence on Social Media

Posted: May 2, 2014 - 10:00 , by ROM
Categories: 
ROM Social Media, Education & Engagement, Technology
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Business Cards listing the new social media accounts.

A BIG annoucement and a little shift in how we do social at the museum.