We love picnicking outside in the summer but in August and September our meals are inevitably cut short because of wasps. What are they and what can we do about them? Yellowjackets - much worse than

Laws for hat insignia worn by the Manchu in China, date back to 1636. Numbering less than a quarter of a million, the Manchu conquered the Chinese empire, establishing the Qing dynasty by 1644. To

Written By: Aruna Panday, PhD Candidate York University, Co-chair Friends of South Asia Committee Diwali, also Romanized as Divali or Deepawali, literally means 'row of lights.' Diwali is celebrated

The late winter months often coincide with cold and ‘flu season, a time when we look for remedies to help cure runny noses or coughs. Now we might turn to the internet for this kind of information

Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Fenella Hood When Rebecca Rose left her home in Leslieville and moved her three young children to the quaint village of Lakefield, she

Contact Nord and the Royal Ontario Museum Partner to Help More Students Access the ROM

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

The bugs in our infamous Bug Room here at the ROM did an amazing job cleaning our Komodo Dragon bones. However, there was still some manual cleaning required. Luckily, there were dozens of volunteers

Dr. Clemens Reichel speaks at the San Antonio Museum of Art about the impact that the current conflicts in Syria and Iraq have had on cultural heritage sites and museums zones and what their loss

Every fall, there is a period when people see lots of ladybird beetles flying about or congregating. Unlike our native species which are adapted to Canadian winters, the Asian Multicoloured Ladybird

The ROM Library has recently acquired an edition of E. A. Séguy’s Insects, published in the 1920s. The book contains highly coloured and detailed full-page illustrations of insects, executed in the

Question: It’s fall, why are all these bugs coming into my home? I’ve never seen them before! Western conifer seed bug; copyright ROM images At this time of year, this is one of the most common

The City of Toronto was officially incorporated in 1834 and the second half of the 19th century was a period of great growth in the city. The population grew through railway and steamer links, which

World-famous primatologist, environmentalist and UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall will deliver a public lecture at the University of Toronto at 7pm on Friday, April 9, 2010. 2010 marks a

By Dr. Victoria Arbour, ROM Postdoctoral Researcher The history of life on Earth is a story told through the layers of the fossil record: new species evolve and others go extinct, and we see these