Biology

When it comes to freshwater availability, more than 75 per cent of the world’s total water supply is found in only three countries—China, Canada and Russia.

Think big—at least when it comes to global conservation

By Nathan Skolski on February 8, 2019

According to a group of international researchers, the potential contributions large countries have to protect the environment are being overlooked.

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Is it a bobcat or a lynx? Even experts, when using publicly-submitted images, have trouble telling the two wildcats apart. Photo credit: James Gagnon.

Copy cats: When is a bobcat not a bobcat?

By Patty Wellborn on January 23, 2019

When is a bobcat not a bobcat?

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Lonesome George was the famed last representative of a giant tortoise species once found on the Galapagos island of Pinta

Giant tortoise provides insights into longevity and age-related disease

By Nathan Skolski on December 11, 2018

Ever since Darwin’s first steps on the Galapagos Islands, understanding the adaptations that offer the giant tortoise its extended lifespan has been a tantalizing scientific pursuit.

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UBC Okanagan Professor Soheil Mahmoud (second from left) teaches students in a small lavender field on the Okanagan campus.

UBC researchers dig to get to the root of lavender’s secrets

By Patty Wellborn on October 11, 2018

A team of researchers, including UBC’s Soheil Mahmoud, have recently sequenced the genome of lavender.

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Miranda Hart, associate professor of biology in the Irving K Barber School of Arts and Sciences.

UBC researcher wonders where the women are

By Patty Wellborn on August 29, 2018

After an in-depth study, a UBC Okanagan researcher says almost every aspect of two top science journals continue to under-represent women—from published articles to photos, feature profiles and even advertisements.

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Lavender is known for its purple colour and pleasant aroma.

New study discovers gene that makes lavender smell sweet

By Nathan Skolski on August 7, 2018

For many, summer isn’t complete without fields of purple and the sweet smell of lavender.

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An American pika in North Cascades National Park (Photo credit: Andrew Veale)

Pikas in peril

By Patty Wellborn on June 20, 2018

UBC researchers have determined that the American pika, long cast as a sentinel mammal for the impacts of climate change, maybe in more trouble than once thought.

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Julianne Barry graduated this week with her PhD from UBC Okanagan.

Newly minted PhD graduate keeps her ties to UBC Okanagan

By Patty Wellborn on June 8, 2018

Julianne Barry is one of those rare breeds of university students. She has spent her entire post-secondary academic career—from those first, nervous fresh-faced days to becoming an accomplished researcher and post-doctoral fellow—at UBC’s Okanagan campus.

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Evelyn Jensen studied a new generation of giant tortoises while earning her PhD at UBC Okanagan. Photo credit: Michael Russello

DNA analysis of near-extinct tortoises leads to gold medal win

By Patty Wellborn on June 7, 2018

A UBC student’s research examining the DNA of endangered Galapagos tortoises has led to the highest accomplishment a university student can win.

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Zoology grad Ashley Kerik has ambitions of study freshwater sharks.

From Australia, Asia (and a few spots in-between) to academia

By Christine Zeindler on June 6, 2018

Ashley Kerik has always had itchy feet. Since graduating from high school, she approached the world as one big laboratory, where new discoveries were just around the bend.

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