Deep-diving insect larvae are challenging a long-held idea about why there are no insects in the ocean, thanks to adaptable air sacs.

Earth scientists are slowly closing in on the class of impactor that caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.

Researchers are sharing lessons from the unprecedented Stanley Park coyote attacks from 2020 to 2021 to help people better coexist with urban wildlife. Coyotes are here to stay, say authors of a new ...

Two newly discovered minerals have a very personal connection to UBC: they were discovered by, and named after, UBC researchers and alumni. Dr. Lee Groat, professor in the department of Earth, Ocean ...

A new campus-wide 100-level course, and separate degree option in computer science, are designed to help UBC students succeed in an AI-driven future. This fall, UBC is launching two new educational ...

Dr. Bridgette Clarkston teaching the students of Hornby Island Community School about local seaweeds. Photo: Ocea Hill Dr. Bridgette Clarkston, associate professor of teaching with UBC Botany, has ...

UBC research shows some people are developing addictive patterns of AI chatbot use—and it’s affecting their daily lives. AI chatbots can grant almost any request—a celebrity in love with you, a ...

The critically endangered giant guitarfish is among the species being caught by bottom trawling, according to a new global inventory published by University of British Columbia researchers (Sarah ...

Aquaculture has shifted toward a smaller number of intensively farmed species according to a new study from the University of British Columbia. Integrated seaweed and abalone farm in Xiamen, China.

From generating a project idea and conducting experiments, to writing a scientific paper and evaluating its own work, an AI scientist can now carry out a research experiment from beginning to end — ...

Scarlet monkeyflower plant in natural habitat. Photo credit: Seema Sheth. For the first time in the wild, researchers have shown plant populations can evolve quickly enough to rebound from extreme ...

Dr. Curtis Suttle has ben awarded the Jacob Biely Research Prize and Dr. Jess McIver has received the Charles A. McDowell Award for Excellence in Research. Two of the university’s premier research ...