PHOTO COMPETITION

2025

The Biodiversity Research Photo Competition showcases the diversity of research and researchers at UBC’s Biodiversity Research Centre. These images communicate the excitement of biodiversity research and the captivating nature of its subjects, in a visual celebration of innovation and creativity. They tell the story of our strange and wonderful natural world, and those who study it.

Compound Setae of a Sea Spider: An Adaptation for Grooming

Cormac Toler-Scott

Trunks

Sunny Zhang

Fluffy Bowling Pin

Chao Ning

Endler's Livebearer (Poecilia wingei) Male

Bernadette Johnson

The Natural Colour Palette

Kaede Hirabayashi

Slimy Yet Satisfying

Katie Grabowski

Tis the Season to Grow for the Brown Seaweed Desmarestia herbacea (Acid Weed)

Bridgette Clarkston

Leopard in a Sausage Tree

Cole Burton

Zigzagging Up the Mountain

Claudie Pageau

"Controlled" Burn

Nicholas Wright

Where Academia and Ecology Quietly Meet

Jawad Sakarchi

In the (Sea)Weeds

Mailyn Tran

Heavenward

Sarah Ravoth

Weathering the Winter Like a Pro

Catalina Gonzalez Prieto

Scaling a Bryological Wonder

Connor Wardrop

Hanging On

Maya Wade

Dragonfly Collection Far Beyond Northern Range Edge

Elias Bowman

Anawhata Beach Historical Resurvey Site

Chris Harley

Parasitic Vancouver Groundcones in Bloom

Edward Sun

An Unlikely Home

Robin Glover

Elegant Foragers: Black-necked Stilts Foraging at South Padre Island

Christophe Rouleau-Desrochers