A 3D model of a soldier ant, showing its morphology in very high detail. Portions of its exoskeleton have been digitally removed, revealing high-resolution renderings of its muscles, nervous system, ...

For more than a decade, Evan Economo's lab has been using micro-CT machines to scan insect specimens. The resulting X-ray images help researchers study the form and structure of insects—a subfield of ...

There are a lot of ants. Some estimates put it around 20 quadrillion of them on Earth. That’s why we see them everywhere we go. But how much of them are we really seeing? It’s tough to get a sense of ...