Professor Michael Kearney

Physiological ecologist, School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

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Environment

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Q&A: How a ‘pooter’ is helping endangered grasshoppers find new homes

Translocation is helping protect the endangered Key’s Matchstick Grasshopper and enhancing ecosystems in south-eastern Australia

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Sciences & Technology

The wingless grasshopper that could cross Bass Strait, but not the Yarra River

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

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Environment

Lockdown ‘field trip’ reveals whereabouts of Australian grasshoppers

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

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Sciences & Technology

The Australian grasshopper that’s given up sex

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

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Mini-beast renaturing: A time for local action

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

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The grasshopper that was lost, then found, is now endangered

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

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Rediscovering a ‘lost’ species

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

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The sleepy lizard awakens new tools for climate change research

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

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Sciences & Technology

Grasshoppers: The new poster bug for insect conservation

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

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