zoology

  • So-called ‘safe’ pesticides have surprising ill effects

    So-called ‘safe’ pesticides have surprising ill effects

    Health Canada is currently reviewing regulations for pesticides in Canada, and three UBC researchers say regulators might want to consider what happened in Japan.

  • Slowed metabolism helps geese fly high

    Slowed metabolism helps geese fly high

    A few years before NASA astronaut Jessica Meir began learning to fly a spacecraft for her upcoming trip to the International Space Station, she was in flight-training of a different kind: teaching bar-headed geese how to fly in a wind tunnel at the University of British Columbia.