If you’ve noticed more e-bikes zipping past you on Metro Vancouver’s off-street paths, you’re not alone. UBC researchers have ...

Glassblower Brian Ditchburn honours his late daughter by creating glass icicles and beakers to raise funds for charity.

The report provides insights into food price trends, affordability challenges and the broader forces shaping Canada’s food systems.

A UBC study finds that conserving just five per cent of watersheds (two per cent of Canada’s land) could shield more than half of urban floodplains, safeguarding millions. Picture a forest meadow, a ...

Holiday lights brighten the dark winter nights and lift spirits, but they can also disrupt our smallest neighbours— nocturnal animals and insects— who share these spaces. A UBC research project is ...

A new UBC Psychology study has found that, no matter their political stripe, people value nature for the same big reasons.

High costs keep one in 20 Canadians from being able to take their medications as prescribed, highlighting critical gaps in Canada’s healthcare system, according to new research from UBC published in ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC), BC Cancer, Harvard Medical School and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have pinpointed what could be the early genetic origins of ...

Plastic pollution occurs in every ecosystem on the planet and lingers for decades. Could insects be part of the solution? Previous research found that insects can ingest and absorb pure, unrefined ...

Using smaller hooks, avoiding landing nets, and de-hooking and measuring fish in water are three of 15 solutions UBC researchers recommend to help released salmon thrive. As salmon stocks decline and ...

Effects of fire on soils, water and ecosystems Flood, erosion and landslides following wildfires Rehabilitation measures to prevent flood/erosion damage after wildfires ...