Antscan is out!

The Antscan paper has just been published in the scientific journal Nature Methods here:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-026-03005-0

In it, you will find detailed descriptions of how everything was organized and carried out to this point, as well as some case studies of how the datasets can be used.

For a broader evolutionary application of the Antscan database, also read Arthur Matte et al.’s 2025 paper on the economics and evolution of cuticle thickness in ants representing ~500 species.