It turns out colour isn’t just a fashion statement for guppies. According to a new University of British Columbia study, the ...

Researchers have identified buried copper ore by testing the DNA of microbes in the surface soil. These ‘biological ...

Anticipating how plants will respond to rising temperatures is critical—not just for plants, but for whole ecosystems. How ...

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Humans play a far greater role in the fate of African elephants than habitat, and human conflict in particular has a devastating impact on these largest terrestrial animals, according to a new ...

UBC chemist Chris Orvig and evolutionary biologist Dolph Schulter have been awarded 2011 Killam Research Fellowships, among Canada's most distinguished research awards. The funded research will focus ...

Raymond Anderson, a leading marine natural product chemist with both Chemistry and Earth and Ocean Sciences, has received the 2012 Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) Medal. The CIC Medal is given ...

A $1.25 million investment from The Boeing Company is helping to make Vancouver home to one of the top visual analytics research institutes in the world. The Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics ...