On February 18, 2021, at approximately 3:55pm EST, the Mars Perseverance Rover will touch down on the surface of Mars. When it reaches Mars, Perseverance will have traveled 470.8 million kilometres on

Since its extinction some 11,000 years ago, the social life of the menacing sabre-toothed cat has remained a mystery to scientists and enthusiasts alike. But a new study of fossils at the ROM has

New study, led by ROM scientists, identifies dinosaur species from Alberta TORONTO, July 17, 2017 – Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Philip J Currie Dinosaur Museum have

Walking through the badlands is like walking through a western novel: canyons cut through the prairie, exposing layers of brown, gold, black and white sediment. Clichés keep popping up: tumbleweeds

A new study into an ancient sea worm called Oesia offers clues about a common ancestor which they shared with vertebrates, including humans, while also showing that the worms inhabited tube-like

In conformity with national and international museum standards, it is contrary to the practice of the ROM to offer financial appraisals or evaluations of objects to the general public, to give

The Royal Patrons Circle is an inspiring group of people committed to sustaining excellence at their museum. In recognition of their generosity, members are offered unparalleled access to ROM

A large collection of modern and contemporary Japanese prints arrives at ROM

TORONTO, ON (May 11, 2020) — The oldest molecular fluids in the solar system could have supported the rapid formation and evolution of the building blocks of life, new research in the journal

Guest blog by Doug Wallace Anthropologist Lars Krutak has documented the tattoo traditions of Indigenous people all over the world, from the Amazon to the high Arctic. A noted tattoo specialist

This summer we issued a call to ROM Members asking them to send us questions they had about how T. rex lived and evolved in connection to the T. rex: The Ultimate Predator exhibition. We received so