News

New publication: Ellen Jung et al. Comparative Biochemistry amf Physiology Part A

February 28, 2022

Ellen H.Jung, Colin J.Brauner, Chris M.Wood. 2022. Post-prandial respiratory gas and acid-base profiles in the gastrointestinal tract and its venous...

"Where on earth is evolution fastest?" Freeman et al. Ecology Letters

February 24, 2022

Benjamin G. Freeman, Thomas Weeks, Dolph Schluter, Joseph A. Tobias. 2022. The latitudinal gradient in rates of evolution for bird beaks, a species...

Bringing out the best in wild birds on farms

February 23, 2022

Press release UC Davis, Feb 23, 2022 - Bringing Out the Best in Wild Birds on Farms: Natural Habitat Maximizes the Benefits of Birds for Farmers...

"In search of new species: spiders in the jungles of Papua New Guinea", by Wayne Maddison

Video

February 15, 2022

Remote video URL Beaty Biodiversity Museum UBC...

New publication: Germain et al. Journal of Ecology

February 11, 2022

Originally poster on Jan 18, 2022 Rachel M. Germain, Mackenzie Urquhart-Cronish, Natalie T. Jones, Margaret M. Mayfield, Maia Raymundo. 2022. The...

"Why whales don’t drown when they gulp down food underwater?" Paper by Kelsey N. Gil et al.

February 9, 2022

Figure credit: Alex Boersma/Current Biology

New publication: Matthew Siegle et al. Integrative Organismal Biology

February 7, 2022

Matthew R Siegle, Eric B Taylor, Mary I O'Connor. 2022. Heat wave intensity drives sublethal reproductive costs in a tidepool copepod. Integrative...

New publication: Van Steenkiste & Leander. Organisms Diversity & Evolution

February 7, 2022

Niels W. L. Van Steenkiste & Brian S. Leander. 2022. The molecular phylogenetic position of Mariplanella piscadera sp. nov. reveals a new major group...

New publication: Vásárhelyi et al. The American Naturalist

February 1, 2022

Zsóka Vásárhelyi, István Scheuring, and Leticia Avilés. 2022. The ecology of spider sociality – A Spatial Model. The American Naturalist Abstract The...

"Larval insect buoyancy" Paper by Evan McKenzie et al.

January 25, 2022

Press release: UBC Science, January 26, 2022: UBC zoologist solves the 100-year-old mystery of the floating phantom midge ---------------- Aquatic C...