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Triceratops Dig Week 2: June 20 - June 27

Posted: July 3, 2014 - 16:14 , by royal
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Palaeontology, Fossils & Evolution, From the Field
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ROM Palaeo team working in the Triceratops quarry.

@ROMPalaeo Triceratops Dig Week 2: June 20-June 27

Plant Sex on Display at the World Pride FNL "OUT of the Cupboards" Event

Posted: July 3, 2014 - 15:12 , by royal
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Friday Night Live, Schad Gallery of Biodviersity, Biodiversity, Education & Engagement, Programs and Events
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Sign for the botany table in the Schad Gallery for the "OUT of the cupboards" event

On Friday June 27th, I manned the Botanical Battlestation in the Schad Gallery for a Friday Night Live feast of strange, symbolic and sexual plant specimens.

Celebrate Canada Day with Maple Syrup!

Posted: June 26, 2014 - 11:38 , by royal
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Canada, History, Collections
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Maple leaf on forest floor; http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maple_leaf.jpg#file

In celebration of Canada Day and Canadian Heritage Week (July 1st - July 7th) this post will relfect on the rich heritage and history embedded within our maple leaf. 

Montréal Botanical Garden hosts the 50th Anniversary meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association

Posted: June 23, 2014 - 10:29 , by royal
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Biodiversity, Programs and Events, Research
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By being late for the banquet, we came across a family of foxes who were moving out into the Garden after most of the human visitors had left.

Deb Metsger and I are on the train coming back from Montréal where we attended the 50th Anniversary meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association.

Triceratops Dig Week 1

Posted: June 23, 2014 - 10:26 , by royal
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Dinosaurs, Palaeontology, From the Field, Research
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Land with water on it

For the past week, a small crew from the Royal Ontario Museum’s palaeontology division has been excavating a Triceratops site on private ranchland in Harding County, South Dakota.

Your Guide to Family Summer Fun at the ROM

Posted: June 19, 2014 - 15:22 , by royal
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ROMkids, Programs and Events, Education & Engagement
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http://www.rom.on.ca/en/support-us/inspiring-stories/barrick-gold-family-day-at-the-rom

A step-by-step guide to visiting the ROM with your kids!

Sloth Life

Posted: June 12, 2014 - 15:14 , by royal
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Mammalogy, Biodiversity, Exhibitions and Galleries
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Upside-down Two-toed sloth

What you may or may not know about this unusual mammal.

Sharing of Museum Biodiversity Data on the Web

Posted: June 5, 2014 - 11:50 , by royal
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Collections, Natural History, Research, Technology
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Map of the world.

Learn about where you can find open source data from our biodiversity collections

Moonbird re-sighting

Posted: May 30, 2014 - 09:13 , by royal
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From the Field, What's New, Ornithology, Research
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The orange flag on this Red Knot's leg indicates it was banded in Argentina.

Back in 1995 ROM ornithologist Dr. Allan Baker was part of an international team that banded a small shorebird in Argentina, a Red-knot soon to become dubbed Moonbird, with a leg band with the number B95 on it.

Study explores evolution of flightless birds

Posted: May 16, 2014 - 11:58 , by royal
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Nature, Biodiversity, Natural History, Ornithology, Research
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Tinamous
Allan Baker and colleagues from Royal Ontario Museum, University of Toronto and Ontario Institute for Cancer Research used genetic techniques to show that tinamous, small flying birds from Central and South America, evolved within the ratites group.