Plants play a key role in regulating Earth’s climate, but recent research suggests that rising temperatures could disrupt ...

This February 14th, take some lessons in love from some of the most dedicated partners in the animal world: seahorses. These ...

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 ...

Professor Michael Bennett, an expert in Number Theory and Diophantine problems, has been appointed head of the Department of Mathematics effective January 1, 2012. Bennett received his PhD in ...

Beaty Biodiversity Museum Director Wayne Maddison has uncovered 30 to 50 never-before-identified species of jumping spiders as part of a Conservation International expedition to Papua New Guinea. The ...

Increasing levels of ocean acidity could spell doom for British Columbia's already beleaguered northern abalone, according to the first study to provide direct experimental evidence that changing sea ...

Join us for Dr. Love-Ese Chile's presentation on "Bold Strides Forward: Non-Traditional Career Pathways." This event is part of the Black Excellence in STEM (BEST) Speaker Series, in collaboration ...

We honour xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam) on whose ancestral, unceded territory UBC Vancouver is situated. UBC Science is committed to building meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples so we can ...

The Dean of Science invites you to submit an original poem or song on any science topics. An ode to an epsilon-delta proof? A limerick about the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry? Let your creativity ...

There’s a 26 per cent annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a recent UBC study. While the chance of debris hitting an ...