Killer whales are in the news for sinking boats off the coast of Spain. The reason is a mystery, but one theory is that teenage bad behaviour is to blame, according to UBC researchers Dr. Andrew ...

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Thirteen remarkable individuals will receive honorary degrees this year from the University of British Columbia. Among this year’s recipients are Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sarah Polley, human ...

UBC experts are available to comment on the BC River Forecast Centre’s latest snowpack report, released today, April 10. The centre analyzes snowpack conditions and evaluates water supply and flood ...

Honey bees—plump, fuzzy and famed for their honey-making—capture the popular imagination. Yet, wild bees are equally vital for pollination and, by some measures, outshine honey bees as pollinators.

Archives are a complex web of information and context. Kim Lawson, an Indigenous archivist and seasoned librarian at the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC), spends a lot of ...

UBC department of physics and astronomy researchers will host a public solar eclipse viewing event outside the UBC Bookstore on April 8, weather permitting, or otherwise, in the UBC Robert H. Lee ...

In 2005, the late Dr. Joy Butler of UBC’s faculty of education created a fun walking challenge called the Walkabout to motivate her colleagues to stay active in winter. By the time she passed away in ...

Aging in place means staying in your home for as long as you are able. Most people aspire to it, but few people know how to position themselves for it—or that they need to start this decades in ...

A collaboration of researchers including UBC scientists have observed gravitational waves from the collision of what is most likely a neutron star and an object likely to be a light black hole, 650 ...

This article contains information about suicide that may be upsetting to some people. Anyone who is in crisis or considering suicide can call the Canada Suicide Prevention Service toll free at 9-8-8 ...

March 31 marks International Transgender Day of Visibility, a day to celebrate transgender people and their contributions to society, as well as raise awareness of discrimination faced by transgender ...