Understanding ant bodies: One scan at a time The head anatomy of #Tatuidris was this year's #BestPaper, as voted on by the Myrmecological News community. Here, first author Adrian Richter talks about his academic journey and how to untangle ant evolution. Adrian Richter

Como era de se esperar: fotos lindíssimas para mostrar praias lotadas, e de como é lindo viver no Rio com o calor de ontem. Quase 63 graus de sensação térmica. O nome disso é urgência climática, senhores. Não há glamour. Sem enfrentar o assunto, vira armazém de secos e molhados.

It was a true pleasure to welcome Victoria Francolino, ambassador of Uruguay to Japan, at OIST. Our meeting proved to be fruitful as we talked about our research, chatted about Japan and Latin America, and, of course, even got into the topic of mate. Gracias for your visit!

New fossil ants, insight into ant faunal turnover, and the persistence of the "platonic ant body plan"! Our paper on the youngest-yet stem ants from the Cretaceous, preserved in ~77 Ma North Carolina amber, is now out in Current Biology doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…

Preparándonos para el próximo #EncuentroMirmecológicoGEHN con Adrian Richter y su charla "The potencial of studying ant morphology using micro-CT" 🐜🐜🐜🤩🤩🤩 Te esperamos!!! 🗓️ 25 de abril (Jueves) 🕖 19:00 h COL (UTC-5) ONLINE!!!!

Juntem-se a nós na Edição Pantanal do maior curso de formação de mirmecólogos na América Latina! Inscrições abertas! Programação e informações: formigasdobrasil.com/cfb/edicao-202…

Our manuscript is finally out! 🙌🏽 Check it out if you are interested in how humans and climate affected this amazing subtropical forest in Brazil: Mata de Araucárias. Thanks to the Araucaria team Ana Carnaval Fabián A. Michelangeli Marcelo Reginato Sara_Varela Marcelo Gehara

🐜 Vida de inseto: pesquisador faz 'reality' nas redes e mostra luta de formigas por paçoca glo.bo/4bWJ9Xl #g1

“Wound-dependent leg amputations to combat infections in an ant society” Erik Frank, Keller Lab Learn more in Current Biology: cell.com/current-biolog…

Very excited to share my first paper is out! 🎉 We explore the evolution of the multiple eye pairs in spiders🕷️(cell.com/current-biolog…) Couldn’t have done it without to the mentorship of the brilliant Lauren Sumner-Rooney!

#Ants perform advanced medical procedures! New research featuring OIST Arilab has shown how ants clean or amputate damaged limps to prevent infection. Current Biology. Read about the fascinating study here: oist.jp/node/41716/

We’ve got a new phylogeny of the ants out as a preprint! It’s been an exciting collaboration with Dr. Corrie Moreau, Miles Zhang 张远濛/ [email protected], Dr. Manu Ramalho @[email protected], Karen Neves, Brian Fisher, and Andrea Lucky several years in the making. Check it out here: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Great opportunity!

More than 40 gacha gacha machines will be set up in the event hall! ICE2024 original products will be also available. Go ahead and have a go! #CapsuleToysMainlyInsects #WhatWouldYLiketoSeeinCapsuleToy? #RequestsWanted #PleaseHaveCoinsReady #CapsuleToys #DreamCapsules #GachaGacha

Ants may be the only animal that performs surgical amputations. Learn more: scim.ag/7Jx News from Science

Pretty cool analysis of the cultural evolution of filled pasta (link.springer.com/article/10.100…). Gotta try them all...

Ant folks at #Evol2024, we are planning to do an ant social tonight at BreWskey pub at 8pm 🍻🐜

It was a joy to have so many #antpeople (and a few bee and termite folks) get together at #Evol2024 in Montreal. Thanks for initiating Christine Sosiak! Great to meet up with nestmates from other colonies!

Important Announcement We are pleased and proud to announce that the academic and social significance of holding the ICE2024Kyoto in Japan has been widely recognized. The event will be co-hosted with the Science Council of Japan and will be held as an official national event.