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 ...

Researchers from the University of British Columbia and Harvard University have co-developed a system that captures on video and barcodes the behavioral responses of zebrafish to chemical compounds on ...

UBC Science researchers have received $10.5 million in funding from Genome Canada and international partners to create the first reference genome of the sunflower family – work that will pinpoint ...

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 ...