{"results":[{"title":"Young magpies learn complex 'sentences' just like humans","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/magpie-syntax-card-2.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/young-magpies-learn-complex-sentences-just-like-humans","publisheddate":"2026-03-11","summary":"
New research shows young magpies learn how to turn basic sounds into complex calls and sequences in much the same way human children learn to turn sounds into words and words into sentences.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Explorers solve 3,000-year mystery of source of central Asia's greatest river","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/chelab-and-oxus-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/explorers-solve-3000-year-mystery-of-source-of-central-asias-greatest-river","publisheddate":"2026-03-09","summary":"
A joint Australian-British expedition has discovered the true source of the Oxus River in the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan in the mountains above Lake Chaqmaqtin, where four great mountain ranges meet – the Pamir, Hindu Kush, Karakoram and Tien Shan.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Our People"}]},{"title":"Shark deterrents found to reduce fisheries loss","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/shark-deter-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/february/shark-deterrents-found-to-reduce-fisheries-loss","publisheddate":"2026-02-26","summary":"
In a world-first discovery, researchers have found an electrical shark deterrent used at Cocos (Keeling) Islands was effective at reducing the number of fish taken off fishing hooks by sharks – a process known as depredation.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Temperature extremes causing gout flare hospitalisation","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/gout-flare-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/february/temperature-extremes-causing-gout-flare-hospitalisation","publisheddate":"2026-02-26","summary":"
Temperature extremes caused by climate change have been found to cause an increased risk of gout flares, according to a new study.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Scholars making waves in the water and on land","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/westpac-scholars-2026-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/february/scholars-making-waves-in-the-water-and-on-land","publisheddate":"2026-02-24","summary":"
Two students who are driven to create a sustainable future have been awarded 2026 Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Current students"},{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Graduate School"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Study reveals impact of extreme heat and drought on jarrah forests","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/jarrah-forest-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/february/study-reveals-impact-of-extreme-heat-and-drought-on-jarrah-forests","publisheddate":"2026-02-19","summary":"
Western Australia’s jarrah forests were unevenly impacted by the record-breaking 2023-2024 heatwave and subsequent drought, with some areas experiencing more severe tree die-off than others, according to a new study.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"CWSS"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Research boosts search for new mineral deposits","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/mineral-field-work-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/february/research-boosts-search-for-new-mineral-deposits","publisheddate":"2026-02-19","summary":"
Western Australian hydrothermal and magmatic deposits that formed several hundred kilometres apart more than two and half billion years ago share more commonalities than previously thought.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"UN envoy to address future of ocean health","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/wave-shoreline-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/january/un-envoy-to-address-future-of-ocean-health","publisheddate":"2026-01-30","summary":"
The United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean will offer a personal perspective on the health of the world’s oceans, reflecting on environmental, social and economic pressures at a public lecture next month.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Cultural knowledge reveals hidden decline of iconic northern quoll","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/northern-quolls-card-2.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/january/cultural-knowledge-reveals-hidden-decline-of-iconic-northern-quoll","publisheddate":"2026-01-29","summary":"
Cultural knowledge handed down across generations of Martu people in WA’s Western Desert region has revealed the previously hidden decline of one of Australia’s most iconic marsupials – the endangered northern quoll.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Submarine mountains and long-distance waves stir the deepest parts of ocean","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/deep-sea-floor-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/january/submarine-mountains-and-long-distance-waves-stir-the-deepest-parts-of-ocean","publisheddate":"2026-01-29","summary":"
When most of us look out at the ocean, we see a mostly flat blue surface stretching to the horizon. It’s easy to imagine the sea beneath as calm and largely static – a massive, still abyss far removed from everyday experience.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]}]}