I recently published in the Conversation! theconversation.com/meet-the-wei... This article is based on my newest, fully open-access publication in Marine and Freshwater Research. It summarises our eDNA study that investigated the invertebrate assemblages in South Australian arid-lands rock-holes.

Last week, I was lucky enough to travel across Japan with Prof. Hiroshi Yajima and Assoc. Prof. Man Xiao to visit three freshwater lakes, and meet researchers working in various aspects of lake management science. You can read about the trip on my website: brockhedges.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/t...

In May, we undertook the Invertebrate Systematics and Biodiversity Lab’s annual writing retreat. This year we returned to the Waite Campus, but at a ‘new-old’ venue: the heritage-listed Waite Gatehouse. invertebratelab.com/2025/07/14/l...

New paper out with @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social in Australia Entomology. In it, three new species of cave cricket are described in the genus 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘹, and a fourth is transferred across from 𝘊𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘹. The article is open-access and can be viewed at: dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen....

Exciting news! I have just commenced a two-year Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. I am being hosted by Professor Hiroshi Yajima at the Estuary Research Centre, and Shimane University.