To study how pigeons see while flying, UBC researchers hand-sewed custom falconry-style hoods and miniature backpacks to ...

Lessons from the unprecedented Stanley Park coyote attacks reveal why conflict happens—and what people can do to safely ...

UBC researchers are engaging people on climate change with Urban Future Walks, an experience that highlights real-world ...

6 credits of communication coursework must be completed before promotion to 4th year class standing View required courses in the UBC Academic Calendar Learn more about your eligibility to take English ...

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 ...

Jellyfish are increasing in the majority of the world's coastal ecosystems, according to the first global study of jellyfish abundance by University of British Columbia researchers. In a study ...

UBC botanists have placed seaweed in the underwater equivalent of a wind tunnel to get a better idea of how different types of algae withstand the onslaught of strong waves and currents. The findings, ...

UBC has partnered with US-based Coursera to offer genetics, computer science and climate literacy courses online--bringing the university’s expertise within reach of anyone with Internet access.

A team of UBC physicists and engineers have designed an experiment featuring a trough of flowing water to help bolster a 35-year-old theory proposed by eminent physicist Stephen Hawking. In 1974, ...

A sweeping synthesis of two decades worth of data from Canada's major earth sciences project has yielded an unprecedented geological map of North America that offers researchers a glimpse back in time ...

UBC researchers have identified the world’s largest marine virus--an unusually complex ‘mimi-like virus’ that infects an ecologically important and widespread planktonic predator. Cafeteria ...