UBC students are getting a taste of the future of local food production. On Oct. 6, UBC Food Services will harvest leafy greens from a compact indoor growing pod at the UBC Orchard Commons dining hall ...

UBC-led research uncovered tiny marine spiders that suck the juice out of jellyfish and other hydroids, helping fill gaps in our understanding of coastal biodiversity. If you’re swimming in the Salish ...

Two UBC Vancouver faculty members, Dr. Patrick Keeling and Dr. Rachel Scholes, have been awarded $1-million Wall Fellowships, the university’s highest-value internal research award. The fellowships ...

After over a century in storage at the Smithsonian Institution, the only surviving pelt of the once-abundant woolly dog is being brought back to the region from which it originated. Woolly dogs were ...

UBC researchers and municipal partners have developed a modelling tool to help cities adapt to rising temperatures by mapping where new trees offer the greatest cooling impact. First piloted in ...

Scrambling through dense salal in the dark, weaving between the majestic western red cedars of northern Haida Gwaii, I could barely imagine where we were just days before — crossing Dixon Entrance off ...

A landmark partnership between the Wet’suwet’en First Nation and UBC is pioneering a made-in-B.C. solution to the global plastic crisis, turning local forestry waste into biodegradable foam packaging.

University of British Columbia researchers have developed an edible, seaweed-derived coating that can keep strawberries fresh for at least four days at room temperature, outperforming uncoated berries ...

Coho salmon released by recreational anglers are far more likely to survive when handled without a landing net, according to new research. In salmon fisheries where anglers may be required to release ...

A sweeping global review led by researchers at the University of British Columbia has found that mRNA vaccines—now administered billions of times worldwide—are safe and highly effective at preventing ...

A new research tool is highlighting publicly owned land that may have potential for affordable housing development in B.C., with early analysis revealing more than 50,000 parcels of publicly owned ...

With over four decades of expertise in high-performance turf management, Gary Bartley, head groundskeeper at UBC, is the technical architect behind the world-class soccer pitch at UBC Vancouver. Since ...