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- Silent damage and rays of hope: Nick Dulvy sheds light on ecological diversity in the world’s oceans
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science Announces Recipients of 2024 Excellence in Teaching Awards
- Scientists develop tool to predict sepsis in apparently healthy newborns
- Move along moose, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV study reveals the ‘most Canadian’ animals
- Eve Meyer finds her path to research at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Biological Sciences
- New funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation supports health research at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science
- Two Molecular Biology and Biochemistry researchers receive Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar awards
- Isabelle Côté receives King Charles III medal for outstanding achievements
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV scientists working to build neutrino telescope to provide a new window into the universe
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science Dean elected as Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV breakthrough ID’s gene that may reverse Parkinson’s disease
- CIHR contributes $2 million in new funding for health research at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science
- Monster fossils, helicopters and Science in Action: YuYen Pan reflects on nine years of public engagement
- Trio of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Canada Research Chairs advance an inclusive and sustainable future
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science researchers receive $9.2 million in new NSERC funding
- Three ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV chemists honoured at national awards
- Driven by curiosity, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Physics student finds her space at the Trottier Observatory
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Biological Sciences student builds community, in and out of the lab
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Physics collaboration pushes an information engine to its limits
- New ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV-based Clean Hydrogen Hub to fuel clean energy research and innovation
- B.C. technology pipeline gets a boost with 500 new student spaces at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV
- Asian Heritage Month: Lin Zhang
- Asian Heritage Month: Dheva Setiaputra
- Musical medicine: ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV research highlights health benefits of hearing music for older adults
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV professor and alumnus win Governor General’s Innovation Award
- Why can’t robots outrun animals?
- Ant pheromones may help protect hikers and campers from ticks
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Physics student representing Canada at Pan American Olympic Qualifier
- Physics lecturer receives award for excellence in teaching
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV research to bring fresh, local blueberries to B.C. markets in winter
- One in seven deepwater sharks and rays at risk of extinction
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV-led research team designs a cutting-edge protein lawnmower
- Science Rendezvous recognizes ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science Outreach creativity with national award
- Florence Nightingale Day at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV inspires students with possibilities in statistics
- CIHR contributes $3.2 million in new funding for health research at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science
- New funding for ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology to investigate dementia risk
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV professor and team win women’s class of World’s Toughest Row, cross the Atlantic in 38 days
- Growing pains? ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV research tracks 100 years of salmon adaptation to climate change
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV researchers zero in on what makes some people healthier than the rest of us
- 2023 News
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Earth Sciences professor assessing carbon storage potential beneath Metro Vancouver
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV professor part of all-woman crew rowing across Atlantic for ocean conservation
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV researchers sound out Canadian military’s plan to combat ocean noise pollution
- Mining industry competing with salmon for rivers created by disappearing glaciers: ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV study finds
- Trio of new Chairs at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV to build on Canada’s global research, innovation reputation
- Strategic partnerships give quantum technologies a boost
- Learning More About How Flu Strains Evolved May Help Guide Future Vaccine Development
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science Announces Recipients of 2023 Excellence in Teaching Awards
- Hockey head impact research highlights need to improve injury prevention
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science recognizes 2023 Outreach Awards recipients
- Esther Lam Dances Her Way to a Degree in Actuarial Science
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV MPM & PhD graduate explores an unknown ‘spiderverse’
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Physics grad sets his sights on the stars
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV researchers involved in major international antimatter breakthrough
- Fainting from needles may be alleviated by reducing pain – study
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV scientist captures the beauty of chemistry
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Starry Nights expands the out-of-this-world experience virtually
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV aerospace physiology team to test health of UAE astronaut
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science researchers receive over $7 million in new NSERC funding
- After over 50 years at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Chemistry Paul Saunders is still having fun
- Over $2.6 million in new funding from CIHR for health research at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Faculty of Science
- Congratulations to the 2023 recipients of the Faculty of Science Research Awards
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Faculty of Science Celebrates Excellence in Science Outreach
- MBB researcher studying against the grain strategy to improve cancer treatment
- Common denominator for math grad in finding next challenge: co-op experience
- Convocation medalist thrives as data scientist at top biotech firm
- Highschool student partners with ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV music specialist to research the developing teenage brain
- Biological sciences grad uses volunteer involvement to jumpstart a career in education
- Childhood experiences spark BPK grad’s passion for physiology and anatomy research
- Asian Heritage Month: Gary Shum
- Drug Discovered by ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Researchers Shows Potential Life-Saving Results in Treating Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Asian Heritage Month: Amy Lee
- Asian Heritage Month: Himchan Jeong
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV university lecturer, associate dean, Sarah D. Johnson awarded 3M National Teaching Fellowship
- Juvenile salmon migration timing responds unpredictably to climate change
- David Lee wins 2022 ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Staff Achievement award for numerous contributions to the Department of Physics
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV professor unearths the ancient fossil plant history of Burnaby Mountain
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV research aids fight against treatment-resistant superbugs
- 'Giant' ant fossil raises questions about ancient Arctic migrations
- CIHR awards ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science researchers $2M in new funding
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Chemistry student wins international award with innovative take on plastics for renewable energy
- Sleuthing ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV scientists sniff out fake art
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV marine biologist rowing across the Atlantic to raise funds for ocean conservation
- Researchers counter healthy aging issues, isolation in cities with $6.8 million funding
- Natalia Bussard joins ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Work Integrated Learning (WIL) as the Program Manager, Science and Environment Co-op
- Statistics and Actuarial Science researcher studying the effects of climate change on pension funds
- How salmon feed flowers & flourishing ecosystems: study
- Shark and ray populations rebounding in Northwestern Atlantic: ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV study
- Two-thirds of sharks and ray in coral reefs facing extinction: ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV study
- New Sci-Space creates room to connect for science students at Burnaby Campus
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV physicist Stephanie Simmons to help lead Canada's new quantum strategy
- Physics student helps inspire girls in Pakistan with opportunities in STEM
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV and UBC researchers receive $1.25M to study cumulative effects on B.C. salmon
- 2022 News
- 2022 Faculty of Science Teaching & Learning Grants Recipients
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV mathematician finding new insights on evolution through the lens of infectious disease
- New tool developed to monitor health of marine ecosystems and extinction risk of species
- Scientists reconstruct gravity to better understand the universe
- $2 million gift helps seed new ideas at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science
- Welcome Angela Brooks Wilson, Dean of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science
- Genomic data can improve pandemic modelling, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV researchers say
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science Announces Recipients of 2022 Excellence in Teaching Awards
- BPK grad Donya Divsalar brings an interdisciplinary perspective to aerospace research
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV researcher receives Michael Smith Health Research Award for work harnessing machine learning to advance genetic sequencing
- A mid-degree refocus helped new alumnus Melissa Nguyen set her sights on a career in optometry
- Big picture thinking helps Maya Piddocke earn 2021 Staff Achievement Award for Work Performance
- CIHR contributes over $2.5 million in new funding for health research at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Faculty of Science
- A new dean for the Faculty of Science—Angela Brooks-Wilson
- Isabelle Côté and John Bechhoefer honoured as 2022 Distinguished ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Professors
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV researchers developing new methods for controlling deadly honeybee parasites
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV researchers find the missing photonic link to enable an all-silicon quantum internet
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV researchers develop new chemical biological tools to monitor Parkinson’s disease
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV physicists continue to advance ATLAS project, 10 years after Higgs boson discovery
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV alumni levelling the playing field with new Sports Analytics Award for Indigenous Students in Science
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science researchers receive $4.8 million in new NSERC funding
- Proactive approaches needed to enable ecosystems to adapt to climate change
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV biochemist weaves western science with Indigenous ways of knowing
- Cory Macklin’s hard work leads to a Governor General’s Silver Medal
- Stephanie Simmons renamed Canada Research Chair in Silicon Quantum Technologies
- Data Science student discovers his passion for health at a business case competition
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV researchers exploit the body’s innate drive for safety to improve motor memory
- Asian Heritage Month: Kero Lau
- Lost or extinct? Study finds the existence of 562 animal species remains uncertain
- Asian Heritage Month: Becky Lin
- Study finds the brain searches for the best way to move the body
- Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology creating a caring community, on campus and online
- Asian Heritage Month: Joanna Woo
- Bridging the gap between disciplines to better understand chemical reactions
- Student satellite project prepares for liftoff
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV to advance agritech, wearables sectors with $11.8M in federal research funding
- Department of Biological Sciences faculty member and previous Chair, Dr. Isabelle Côté Awarded as a Healthy Campus Community Champion
- Popular BPK lecturer receives ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Excellence in Teaching Award
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV researchers help develop world’s first autonomous agriculture planning software
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science researchers among new and renewed Canada Research Chairs
- Prominent neuroscientist to advance brain research through new ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV institute
- Study finds that river flows linked to the ups and downs of imperiled Chinook salmon population
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Science Announces Recipients of 2020/2021 Excellence in Teaching Awards
- Q&A: HOW ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV IS TAKING BRAIN RESEARCH IN PROMISING NEW DIRECTIONS
- 2021 News
- Faculty of Science Canada Research Chairs announcement
- Excellence in Science Public Engagement and Outreach Award winners announced
- Larger households contribute to COVID-19 transmission in Fraser Health Region
- Study finds Sawfish face extinction unless overfishing is curbed
- Astronaut "moves" to help prevent falls among older adults confined to bed rest
- Paleontologists discover major new insect group after solving 150-year-old mystery
- COVID-19 experts share 2020 ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Media Newsmaker Award
- Chemistry professor awarded the 2021 John C. Polanyi Award for research excellence
- Where do we look when we walk?
- BPK prof honored with ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Excellence in Teaching Award
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV lab one step closer to understanding how life started on Earth
- Research collaboration achieves world’s first laser-cooling of antimatter
- Fossil discovery deepens snakefly mystery
- Rain, rain go away! ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Chemists develop new waterproofing solution.
- Asian Heritage Month; a profile of Hogan Yu
- IT team wins Staff Achievement Award for keeping us all connected
- Asian Heritage Month; a profile of Liangliang Wang
- New COVID-19 rapid test kit receives scientific seal of approval
- Asian Heritage Month: a profile of Ly Vu
- Asian Heritage Month: a profile of Weiran Sun
- Biology major completes degree while battling long-haul COVID
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV physicist Stephanie Simmons receives YWCA Women of Distinction Award
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV paleontologist honours Indigenous culture through collaboration
- Math alum creates award to support ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV students with mental health challenges
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV alum and scientist Kyle Bobiwash speaks on the importance of diversity of perspectives and worldviews in research.
- First Indigenous and Black Graduate scholarship established for ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV biology graduate students
- Global study shows major seagrass losses around the world
- Regular rapid testing detects COVID-19 soon enough to stop transmission in schools
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Staff Achievement Award winner keeps Faculty of Science running smoothly through pandemic
- Faculty of Science profs receive Distinguished ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Professorships
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV physics student uses machine learning technique to speed up image analysis
- Innovative coating for blood vessels reduces rejection of transplanted organs
- CFI invests more than $1.6 million in 10 ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV research projects
- Ground-breaking work from ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV identifies new source for earthquakes and tsunamis in the Greater Tokyo Region
- Faculty of Science researchers awarded Canada’s highest academic honour
- Science student graduates after an eight-year hiatus and a change of heart
- Microplastics in belugas worked their way up the food chain, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV researchers find
- Salmon decline impacted by “squeeze†of combined river and sea stressors
- Melting glaciers could produce 1,000s of kilometres of new Pacific salmon habitat by 2100
- Biology professor relocates to Nunavut for new role at Polar Knowledge Canada
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- ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA HONOURS FACULTY OF SCIENCE RESEARCHERS
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV STUDY NETS NEW DATA ON HEAD IMPACTS EXPERIENCED BY HOCKEY PLAYERS
- FAST AND LOOSE: NANOMACHINES WITH FLOPPY CONNECTIONS GO FASTER
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV CHEMIST’S NEW PROCESS FAST-TRACKS DRUG TREATMENTS FOR VIRAL INFECTIONS AND CANCER
- HOT WATER CAN SOMETIMES COOL FASTER THAN WARM WATER – ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV RESEARCH CONFIRMS
- EDNA TECHNOLOGY MORE EFFECTIVE IN MONITORING SALMON RUNS: ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV RESEARCH
- LOVE OF SPORTS, MATH LANDS ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV ALUMNUS JOB WITH SEATTLE’S NHL FRANCHISE
- STAFF KEEP RESEARCH ALIVE DURING PANDEMIC
- A WHISKER'S MORE PROTECTION FOR CLEAN-SHAVEN MASK WEARERS
- RESEARCHERS WORKING TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SENIORS IN LONG-TERM CARE
- NEW STUDY FINDS CORAL ISLANDS MAY NOT “DROWN†AMID CLIMATE CHANGE
- NEW FOSSIL DISCOVERY SHOWS 50 MILLION-YEAR-OLD CANADA-AUSTRALIA CONNECTION
- BPK GRAD AIMS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AMID CHALLENGES OF LAB WORK ON COVID-19 PROJECT
- HOW CANNABIDIOL MAY BE HELPFUL IN TREATING DIABETES-RELATED ARRHYTHMIAS
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV LAB HELPS PATIENT MANAGE RARE DISEASE THROUGH PROGRAMMED EXERCISE
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV SURREY SCIENCE LABS HOST COVID-19 HAND SANITIZER PRODUCTION
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV EPIDEMIOLOGIST’S RESEARCH INFORMS B.C. HEALTH POLICY ON COVID-19
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV PROFESSOR’S INVENTION APPROVED BY FDA TO HELP WEAN COVID-19 PATIENTS FROM VENTILATORS
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV STAFF AND FACULTY DONATE MASKS, GLOVES, ADDITIONAL COVID-19 SUPPLIES TO LOCAL HOSPITALS
- CORONAVIRUS TESTING KITS WILL BE DEVELOPED USING ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV-INVENTED RNA IMAGING TECHNOLOGY
- NEW "SMALL NUMBER" K-12 MATH LEARNING MATERIALS AVAILABLE
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV RESEARCH TEAM HELPS TEST POTENTIAL SUPERBUG-KILLING COMPOUND
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE
- STUDY REVEALS HIDDEN RISKS OF ESTUARY DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG SALMON
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV RESEARCHER SCORES MAJOR FUNDING FOR ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA RESEARCH
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV EARTH SCIENTIST JOHN CLAGUE NAMED TO ORDER OF CANADA
- FACULTY OF SCIENCE RECEIVES OVER $1M IN RESEARCH FUNDING FROM CANADA FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION
- ABUNDANCE OF SALMON KEY TO FEEDING 'UNDERDOG' STREAM FISHES: ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV RESEARCH
- YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD BESTOWED ON PHYSICS PROF.
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV PHYSICS PROFESSOR RECOGNIZED AS “TOP 40 UNDER 40†IN CANADA
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV RESEARCH FINDS CLUES TO UNDERSTANDING CBD AND ITS MEDICINAL EFFECTS
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV alumnus inspired by her organization’s 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
- 2019 News
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV RESEARCH POINTS TO UNPRECEDENTED AND WORRYING RISE IN SEA LEVELS
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV GLOBAL COLLABORATION CREATES WORLD’S FIRST OPEN-SOURCE DATABASE OF NATURAL MICROBIAL PRODUCTS
- VIRTUAL CADAVERS BRING LEARNING TO LIFE AT ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV RESEARCHERS DISCOVER POTENTIAL WAY TO MANAGE INSECTS WITHOUT CHEMICALS
- FIRST FOSSIL DRAGONFLIES FROM B.C. IDENTIFIED AND NAMED
- INTERNATIONAL STUDY FINDS NEW GENETIC FEATURES IN RARE BURKITT LYMPHOMA CANCER
- TRIO OF ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV SCIENCE PROFESSORS HONORED
- NEW EVIDENCE SHOWS HUMAN PRESENCE IN HAIDA GWAII 2,200 YEARS EARLIER THAN PREVIOUS ESTIMATES
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV CHEMISTRY PROF NAMED TO ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
- POPULAR BUT DANGEROUS LAB DEMO NOW SAFER THANKS TO ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV CHEMISTS
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV PHYSICS WELCOMES NEW ASTROPHYSICIST
- WATCH YOUR SPEED—WHALE ZONE AHEAD!
- DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS & ACTUARIAL SCIENCE WELCOMES DONALD ESTEP
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- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV WELCOMES NEW SHRUM CHAIR IN BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF DISEASE
- PEST BUSTING ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV PROF NAMED FELLOW OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
- INTERNATIONAL STUDENT BUILDS HIS OWN ADVENTURE AT ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV
- THE DIRT ON SUSTAINABLE SHEEP FARMING
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- BIOLOGY CLASS ANALYZES DOG DNA FOR BODY SIZE, SNOUT LENGTH AND COAT LENGTH
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV STUDIES CAUSES BEHIND SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN INFANTS
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- CITIZEN SCIENTISTS' RARE FOSSIL BIRDS SHED NEW LIGHT ON AVIAN HISTORY
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- CHEMISTRY TEAM "FIXES" CANCER-SUPPRESSING P53 PROTEIN
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV RESEARCHERS FIND NEW CLUES TO CONTROLLING HIV
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- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV TEAM LEADS $12-MILLION EFFORT TO EXPAND SYSTEM OF WORLDWIDE HEALTH RESEARCH DATABASES
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV FACULTY MEMBERS SET SIGHTS ON HOLLYWOOD NORTH
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- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV MATHEMATICIAN RECEIVES ROYAL SOCIETY AWARD
- JOHN REYNOLDS NAMED CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE IN CANADA
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV STUDY BUSTS MYTH ABOUT FACIAL HAIR ON PILOTS
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- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV TEAM RECEIVES FUNDING TO EXPAND SYSTEM OF WORLDWIDE HEALTH RESEARCH DATABASES
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- SCIENTISTS ON TWITTER: PREACHING TO THE CHOIR OR SINGING FROM THE ROOFTOPS?
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- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’S LONGEST SERVING SENATE FACULTY MEMBER STEPS DOWN
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- SCIENCE TECHNICAL CENTER WINS ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV TEAM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV's Trottier Observatory wins national award for landscape design
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV PROF SCORES POSITION WITH NBA
- STUDY FINDS GREATER RISK OF EXTINCTION AMONG HIGH DIVERSITY AMPHIBIAN GROUPS
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- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV'S POPULAR ACADEMIC SUMMER CAMP FOR ABORIGINAL STUDENTS A HIT WITH ALUMNI
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- NEW ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV PROFESSORSHIP TO BOOST RESEARCH COLLABORATION WITH RCH
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Move along moose, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV study reveals the ‘most Canadian’ animals
What is the “most Canadian†animal? Spoiler: it’s not the beaver, or the moose.
Published today in the journal , the study from a team of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV researchers ranks, for the first time ever, species of terrestrial vertebrates in Canada by their level of Canadian evolutionary distinctness: the amount of time animals have evolved independently from other Canadian species.
High ranked species have no close national relatives and can embody up to a hundred million years of evolution shared with none other in the country.
The study found that, overall, amphibians and reptiles are Canada’s most evolutionarily distinct species, with Apalone spinifera – better known as the spiny softshell turtle – being the most evolutionary distinct terrestrial animal in the land.
According to the study, the most nationally evolutionary distinct animals by taxonomic group are:
- Spiny Softshell Turtle (turtles)
- Mudpuppy (amphibians)
- Northern Alligator lizard (reptiles)
- Virginia Opossum (mammals)
- Belted Kingfisher (birds)
- Pond Slider (exotic species)
“We weren't surprised by the Opossum,†says Emma Kominek, a master’s student who collated the lists. “It's Canada's only Marsupial. But the aquatic mudpuppy salamander? That was interesting.â€
The authors considered all known Canadian vertebrates (222 mammal, 674 bird, 48 amphibian and 49 reptile living species) and created Top 20 lists for each group based on their national evolutionary distinctiveness (ED) scores.
Researchers measure ED by tracing a species’ entire family tree. The further back in time a species connects to its family tree and the fewer relatives it has overall, the higher its ED score. For these national scores, the researchers considered just the species found in the country.
All the animals in the Top 20 rankings have long evolutionary histories and all have biological features that can’t be found in any other species in Canada. Such species contribute more to the Canadian Tree of Life, an important concept in biology illustrating the history of life on earth.
“Conservation of species at risk is often done at the national level,†says ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV biological sciences professor Arne Mooers, who sits on the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, and who led the research. “So, it made sense to consider our national evolutionary heritage in this way.â€
In the face of current pressures on biodiversity – such as climate change, habitat loss and limited resources available for conservation – Mooers says the study can serve as a new tool to help national policy-makers prioritize which species to focus conservation efforts on.
Researchers also rated the distinctness of exotic species; animals that are not native to Canada, but that have been introduced as a result of human activity.
Exotic species are not currently considered suitable targets for conservation, but researchers were surprised to find that seven exotic animals cracked the Top 20 National lists.
"Some of these exotic species - like the European Wall Lizard - come from far away, so it makes sense they have no relatives in Canada" said Mooers. "But we were surprised to see the wild horse and feral pig high in the list." In the future, Mooers added, there could be value in considering exotic species as part of Canada's biodiversity.
And what of the mighty beaver’s place as a national icon?
Parks Canada won’t have to pull its likeness from its logos anytime soon.
Two species of beaver still cracked the Top 20 list as Canada’s most distinct mammals: the ironically named American beaver and the mountain beaver at numbers three and six, respectively.