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The Faculty of Science provides historical BSc specialization information to help students with their BSc Specialization Admission application.

Research at UBC Science We celebrate the research interests and achievements of our Science students. Teams like SCI Team help you find research opportunities, the Science Undergraduate Research ...

It turns out colour isn’t just a fashion statement for guppies. According to a new University of British Columbia study, the more orange the male guppy, the more virile it is.

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 ...

The loss of large predator animals across the globe is having unanticipated impacts on processes as diverse as human disease dynamics, wildfires and biogeochemical cycles, according to new research by ...

UBC botanists have placed seaweed in the underwater equivalent of a wind tunnel to get a better idea of how different types of algae withstand the onslaught of strong waves and currents.

A UBC researcher has turned up the first conclusive explanation for the origin of the Sharktooth Hill bonebed--a massive prehistoric marine mass grave in southern California.

Beaty Biodiversity Museum Director Wayne Maddison has uncovered 30 to 50 never-before-identified species of jumping spiders as part of a Conservation International expedition to Papua New Guinea.

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 ...

UBC has partnered with US-based Coursera to offer genetics, computer science and climate literacy courses online--bringing the university’s expertise within reach of anyone with Internet access.

Researchers have identified buried copper ore by testing the DNA of microbes in the surface soil. These ‘biological fingerprints’ can reveal copper-containing ore buried tens of metres below the earth ...