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Three cheers for Burgess Shale’ newest oddball animal, a worm with waving “arms”

By Jean-Bernard Caron, Senior Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology, Royal Ontario Museum  Today, the ROM is announcing a spectacular new species from the world-famous Burgess Shale site in Yoho National Park. Its name, Ovatiovermis cribratus, means “standing suspension-feeding worm” in Latin

Burgess Shale fossil site reveals oldest evidence of brood care

Burgess Shale fossil site reveals oldest evidence of brood care

Waptia fieldensis research shows parenting has a long history (508 million years) Brood care, where the adult carries its eggs or juveniles to help increase their survival, was an important evolutionary step. However, little is known about how and when this strategy began. New research published

The secret of Oesia: a Burgess Shale mystery, by Karma Nanglu

My name is Karma Nanglu and I’m a PhD student at the University of Toronto, but on a day-to-day basis I do my research at the Royal Ontario Museum. I’ve recently co-authored a research paper, Cambrian suspension-feeding tubicolous hemichordates, with Jean-Bernard Caron, Curator, Invertebrate

New Research from the Burgess Shale: Thorny worms that swarmed in the Cambrian seas

New Research from the Burgess Shale: Thorny worms that swarmed in the Cambrian seas

Hallucigenia sparsa is no ordinary animal. This poster child of the Burgess Shale biota is the ultimate weirdo, and the ROM holds the world’s largest collection of specimens. New research published July 31st in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, provides fresh new revelations about

The restudy of the iconic Hallucigenia animal from Burgess Shale

Researchers from the University of Cambridge, the Royal Ontario Museum and the University of Toronto have found that the creature, known as Hallucigenia due to its strange appearance, had a throat lined with needle-like teeth, a previously unidentified feature which could help connect the dots

Exploring the Trees of Ontario

Exploring the Trees of Ontario

Note: Workshop is for an Adult Audience. This workshop is for participants ages 18+. Exploring the Trees of Ontario  Saturday, August 10, 2024, 1:00 pm- 4:30 pm Explore our region’s trees and get to know the green canopy above us. With ROM’s new Field Guide to Trees of Ontario as the

Les pROMenades Plus: Cimetière Park Lawn- Août

Réservez vos billets en ligne! Un nombre limité de places est disponible. Explorez le 4 e plus grand cimetière de la ville de Toronto. Fondée en 1892, il comprend des tombes d’éminentes personnalités sportives locales, de journalistes, de politiciens et de héros de guerre. La balade a lieu

Les pROMenades Plus: Riverside: Changement au fil du temps – Août

Réservez vos billets en ligne! Un nombre limité de places est disponible. Le temps d’une courte balade, le quartier Riverside vous fascinera par ses histoires d’architecture, d’athlétisme, d’usines, de cinéma, d’abeilles, de boulangeries, de Metrolinx et plus encore. La balade a lieu

Les pROMenades Plus: Cimetière Park Lawn- Septembre

Réservez vos billets en ligne! Un nombre limité de places est disponible. Explorez le 4 e plus grand cimetière de la ville de Toronto. Fondée en 1892, il comprend des tombes d’éminentes personnalités sportives locales, de journalistes, de politiciens et de héros de guerre. La balade a lieu

Les pROMenades Plus: Riverside: Changement au fil du temps – Septembre

Réservez vos billets en ligne! Un nombre limité de places est disponible. Le temps d’une courte balade, le quartier Riverside vous fascinera par ses histoires d’architecture, d’athlétisme, d’usines, de cinéma, d’abeilles, de boulangeries, de Metrolinx et plus encore. La balade a lieu