The SciencesFebruary 27, 2013
A more realistic focus-stack
Stories by Alex Wild
Alex Wild is Curator of Entomology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studies the evolutionary history of ants. In 2003 he founded a photography business as an aesthetic complement to his scientific work, and his natural history photographs appear in numerous museums, books and media outlets.
The SciencesFebruary 22, 2013
Most zombie ant photographs are upside down
The SciencesFebruary 16, 2013
Art of the Living Dead
EvolutionFebruary 13, 2013
The Spider Assassin
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2013
What Is It? Social Cells
TechnologyJanuary 10, 2013
Thrifty Thursday: A Reminder of Summer
TechnologyJanuary 8, 2013
A quick spin with Sigma's 10mm f/2.8 Fisheye Lens
TechnologyJanuary 3, 2013
Thrifty Thursday: Pro Photographer vs. Buzz Lightyear Camera
TechnologyJanuary 3, 2013
Recipe for a Photograph #1: Reflected Ant on Black
The SciencesDecember 31, 2012
Compound Eye Readers' Best Science and Nature Photographs of 2012
TechnologyDecember 30, 2012
My personal best photographs of 2012
The SciencesDecember 26, 2012
Show us your best science/nature images of 2012!
EnvironmentDecember 18, 2012
Everest in Two Billion Pixels
The SciencesDecember 13, 2012
The Case of the Lopsided Spider
TechnologyDecember 7, 2012
Tools of the insect photography trade
The SciencesDecember 4, 2012
This Steampunk Ant is Transformative
EvolutionNovember 30, 2012
What DNA actually looks like
EvolutionNovember 26, 2012
Starving to be Social: The Odd Life of Dictyostelium Slime Molds
EvolutionOctober 31, 2012
13 Horrifying Ways To Die (Arthropod Edition)
The SciencesOctober 29, 2012
A Field Guide to Hurricane Photography
The SciencesOctober 24, 2012
The digital alterations behind an insect field-guide photo
The SciencesOctober 23, 2012
Nikon Announces Winners of 2012 Small World Competition
The SciencesOctober 18, 2012
Thrifty Thursday: an iPhone looks at the fall foliage
The SciencesOctober 11, 2012
Thrifty Thursday: Preying, Praying, Whatever. It's a Mantis.