Finite element analysis (FEA) is a commonly used application in biomechanical studies of
both extant and fossil taxa to assess stress and strain in solid structures such as bone. FEA …

Recent studies of insect anatomy evince a trend towards a comprehensive and integrative
investigation of individual traits and their evolutionary relationships. The abdomen of ants …

Understanding how events at the molecular and cellular scales contribute to tissue form and
function is key to uncovering the mechanisms driving animal development, physiology and …

Data reduction analyses such as principal components and exploratory factor analyses
identify relationships within a set of potentially correlated variables, and cluster correlated …

Cell-and tissue-level processes often occur across days or weeks, but few imaging methods
can capture such long timescales. Here, we describe Bellymount, a simple, noninvasive …

Many techniques are used today to study insect morphology, including light and electron
microscopy. Most of them require to specifically prepare the sample, precluding its use for …

Insect galls, which often have complex external and internal structures, are believed to have
adaptive significance for the survival of insects inside galls. A unique internal structure was …

Foraging parasitoid females should preferentially oviposit on hosts most suitable for progeny
development to maximize their fitness. However, the introduction of a new host species may …

The physical spaces within which organisms live affect their biology and in many cases can
be considered part of their extended phenotype. The nests of social insect societies have a …

While not generally used for relatively flat structures, X‐ray microtomography can provide
decisive insights for comparative anatomy and evolutionary studies of flat structures, thereby …