Discovery pushes fossil record back 200 million years Canada’s 505 million year-old Burgess Shale fossil beds, located in Yoho National Park, have yielded yet another major scientific discovery – this

Written by Min Wong, Outreach Volunteer, Member of Friends of Palaeontology Anyone who has listened to an eight year old excitedly describe how a Velociraptor walked on two hind feet and had a huge

Guest Blog Posting by Environmental Visual Communication (EVC) student, Nila Sivatheesan The infamous blue whales made headlines in May 2014 as it washed up on the shores of Rocky Harbour and Trout

ARTS & CULTURE VENUES INTRODUCE ACCESS 2 ENTERTAINMENT Toronto, ON – At an event held today during National Access Awareness Week (May 29 to June 3), Easter Seals Canada announced that seven of

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Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Ursula McClintock. In some Indigenous communities around the world, whaling is as much a part of their tradition as my family’s turkey

Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Natasha Hirt Looking at whales, you might have a hard time figuring out where they fit into the mammalian family tree. In fact

At 900 carats, this magnificent gemstone is the world's largest faceted specimen of the mineral cerussite. Cerussite, a lead carbonate mineral, is extremely sensitive to heat and vibration—even warmth

Yesterday, New World Archaeology collections technician April Hawkins was cleaning on top of one of the collections cabinets in the storage room when she found something out of place. Here's a video

One of the world’s rare Chinese Chicken Cups fetched a record $36 million (USD) at an auction on Tuesday by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, making it one of the most expensive Chinese cultural relics ever

The Ontario Association of Landscape Architects recognized the City of Toronto Biodiversity Series of booklets with their Service to the Environment award. The award is “In recognition of the

The Royal Ontario Museum is honoured to host a profound and special exhibition on the Dead Sea Scrolls, in collaboration with the Israel Antiquities Authority. In fulfillment of its mission to

In the series “Full Moon on a Dark Night” (2015–), artist Soumya Sankar Bose worked closely with the LGBTQ+ community in eastern India to produce a series of staged portraits that have a surreal

The recent discovery of one of the Franklin expedition’s lost ships has provided new evidence in a mysterious chapter in early Arctic exploration. Sir John Franklin was a veteran of Arctic exploration

By Victoria Abel, M.A. In 1839, when photography was invented, Ontario as a province did not exist and the New York village of Niagara Falls would not be incorporated for another nine years. Despite