A ceremonial club given to explorer Captain James Cook by a Canadian First Nation was donated to the University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology on Tuesday.

A discovery made by scientists at the University of British Columbia could ease the need for ambergris, the product of a sperm whale's digestive system used in high-end perfumes.

A University of British Columbia student who once lived in Montreal was found stabbed and strangled with her hands tied behind her back near a Mexican beach, in a slaying local news media say may be linked to organized crime.

Research conducted by University of British Columbia psychologists is shedding new light on how amphetamines and caffeine affect the motivation of workers and slackers — at least among rodents.

Scientists at the University of British Columbia and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., have identified an organ that helps rorqual whales open and close their giant mouths underwater during the process known as lunge feeding.