Professor Michael Kearney

New genomic approaches can track the movement of Australia’s flightless matchstick grasshopper

Using old field notes and new technology, researchers used COVID lockdowns to retrace the steps of pioneering Australian insect surveyors, virtually

A unique ‘matchstick’ grasshopper that’s evolved into an all-female species that doesn’t reproduce through sex gives us fascinating insights into evolution

Insect numbers are dwindling around the world and that has an ecological knock-on effect, but we could help by renaturing mini-beasts in our own urban backyards

The rare Key’s Matchstick Grasshopper was rediscovered after it was thought to be extinct, but as its habitat shrinks, it’s now endangered

A rare insect species, the Key’s Matchstick Grasshopper, was thought to be extinct in Victoria but has now been rediscovered, giving hope for conserving its future

The way Australia’s sleepy lizard reacts to water shortages gives us an insight into the effects of climate change on animals

Land clearing has all but wiped out Key’s matchstick grasshoppers in Victoria, but there is hope for this uniquely Australian insect