Jackson Rendall getting some excellent media attention and shinning light on trapdoor spiders in southwest WA: particle.scitech.org.au/science-soci...

The trapdoor spiders giving a leg up to science | Particle

Jackson Rendall wants to help save our spiders. First, he has to find them.

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✨New paper just dropped!✨ We looked at some demographic drivers in native Fijian bees. See my "graphical abstract" below, OR you can read the actual manuscript at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Wanna see how hard a trapdoor spider baby can go? Make sure to ask Alisha Lowe with their poster "Quantifying the dispersal ability of trapdoor spiderlings #ASSAB2026

Great talk on spider jumps by @pranavjoshi8.bsky.social #assab2026

JEB is proud to be sponsoring the annual @animbehav.bsky.social Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Conference at Flinders University, Australia www.assab.org/assab-2026

Very excited to share our discovery of an engineering masterpiece from the Australian rainforest! In our latest paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social we report a hunting strategy in a spider, whose web outperforms every known biological catapult system.

Another cool spider poster about spiders called "Webber Woes and Fearsome Does" by Panduka Amarasekara. Just look at that interaction chart! #ASSAB2026

Thanks to Petiola Wilson for opening up our conference with a Welcome to Country #assab2026

Great presentation by Kawsar Khan on "Behavioural ecology in the anthropocene" and showing scientific careers don't have to be linear #assab2026

Wonderful talk by Anuja Joseph called"Trap in Plain Sight: Obstacle Detection in Australian Stingless Bees" #assab2026

Fantastic first talk by @upama.bsky.social and their talk about "Sex and stress In a changing world". Make sure to check out their paper. #ASSAB2026

Fascinating presentation by Daniel M. Allman called "Ants perform flexible self-protective behaviours consistent with felt experience" #ASSAB2026

A great look into the mind of a spider by Vanessa Penna Gonçalves @Van_spidergirl talking about "Sexual dimorphism in spider brains" #ASSAB2026

Check out Kai Feng’s awesome poster on a central steering circuit in drosophila at #ASSAB2026

Charlotte Sutton’s poster titled “sleep on the brain” looks at the cognitive effects of early-life sleep disturbance on zebra finches #ASSAB2026

Check out Janet Klein’s poster on the gut microbiome of koalas 🐨🐨🐨 #ASSAB2026

Curious about fairy wren oxidative stress? Check out Braeden Thomson’s poster at #ASSAB2026

Good to know how artificial lights impact insect behavior! Great talk by Penny Dong called "Hoverflies display locomotor activity changes and adaptation after dim light exposure at night" #ASSAB2026

Understanding how anthropogenic influences, fire activity, and climate may impact populations of the pygmy bluetongue lizard explained by Ashley Murray and her talk "Fire ... Bad? Post-fire Grazing impacts on an Endangered Habitat Specialist" #ASSAB2026

Adorable and interesting talk about the charismatic Koala by Karen Burke da Silva called "Temperature thresholds for heat loss and avoidance behaviours in a specialist folivore" #ASSAB2026

A great look at the development of native penguins by Arisha Silverlake called "Exploring the ontogeny of personality in little penguins chicks" #ASSAB2026

Engineering in the animal kingdom expertly talked about by Chenyue Yang and her talk "Flexibility of nest-building behaviour" #ASSAP2026

Thanks to Michelle Newman and their talk regarding Australian dolphin ranges with their talk "From Maps to Management " #ASSAP2026

Emma Vanderzon provided a fantastic talk discussion talking about the distribution of Oyster catchers with their talk "Landscape characteristics predicting shorebird presence at urban beaches" #ASSAP2026

By asking the question "how fast does an antelope run?" Oakleigh Wilson engaged and informed us with their talk "Behaviour Integrated Dead-Reckoning #ASSAP2026

Great talk by Esha Shekar and learning about native bird behavior in their talk "Intensity of Nest Defence in Urban vs. Natural habitats" #ASSAP2026

So many great videos showing jumping abilities of spiders by Pranav Joshi in his talk "Form Meets Jump" #ASSAP2026

Impressive look at the 3d environment of mantis shrimp by Martha Daniel's talk "Navigation in 3D by wild mantis shrimp" #ASSAP2026

Seeing the cute side of spiders by Anna Seibet and her talk "How the Blankie jumping spider finds its way home" #ASSAP2026

Ending the first day with style and a 3 minute talk by Noah Tan and their talk "Examining Animal movement and Habitat Selection in Urban Landscapes using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLR) Beacons" #ASSAP2026