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Dawn Probe to Rendezvous with Asteroid Vesta!
By Brendt Hyde, Mineralogy Technician Our solar system is a very busy place! Aside from the 9 (no, make that 8!) major planets and their moons, there are 5 dwarf planets, 3 massive asteroid belts containing tens of thousands of smaller irregular bodies, and an untold number of comets. Image taken
Five Questions for Noah Cowan
Fun fact about the TIFF Bell Lightbox: its Artistic Director started out as a box-office volunteer. As a teenager, Noah Cowan volunteered for the relatively young “Festival of Festivals”, now the Toronto International Film Festival. Since those humble beginnings, he has started Midnight
A tortoise by any other name is…a new species.
In 1861, American Physician and Naturalist James Graham Cooper described a new species of tortoise from the deserts of California, and a 150-year mystery began. He named this new discovery Agassiz’s Land Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), but the name was changed some years later to Desert Tortoise.
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
Five Questions with Krishna
Submitted by Netta Kornberg, Intern with the Institute for Contemporary Culture. In 2008, when Srinivas Krishna ’s When the Gods Came Down to Earth was installed in front of the ROM, we had no idea he’d be back three years later, this time for Bollywood stars rather than Hindu Gods. On Sunday
I think I have bedbugs, what should I do?
In the months ahead, we will look at some of the critters that share our spaces. We hope you will discover how to identify some of the insects and other arthropods that share your home and better understand these amazing creatures. The first bug we will examine are bed bugs (Cimex lectularius). Due
Hungry Like the Frog
Deep in the darkest depths of the ROM’s herpetology department lives a miniature but fearsome predator: the Pacman frog. Yes, you read that correctly: the Pacman frog, or Ceratophrys ornata to those who study him and his voracious ways. His name is Gracie, and he’s 17 years old (not bad for an
ROM Research: Permian trackways from P.E.I.
By Kirstin Brink and Jessica Hawthorn, PhD candidates, University of Toronto Many impressive fossils have been found in eastern Canada: the spectacular Precambrian fossils of Mistaken Point, Newfoundland; the Carboniferous early amniotes (egg-laying vertebrates) from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Nova
David Krause & our FINAL Dinosaur Day!
Just like the non-avian dinosaurs, our Dino Days have come to an end. This Saturday December 8th, marks our last Dinosaur Day of the 2012 season. Majungasaurus trying to take flight. #forevertrying It’s been a remarkable pleasure to bring world leading palaeontologists out of their work in the
Archaeological Achievements of the ROM- 1914 to 2012
As the newest Rebanks Intern, I am excited to present the latest ROM Library display case, located on the main floor just in front of the Library and Archives. On display is a timeline depicting highlights of the ROM’s extensive work and achievements in the field of archaeology. The chronology