Adding to our herbarium scanning collection, we have a pinecone from a Martinez pinyon (Pinus maximartinezii). This large pinecone scanned in less than 15 minutes, allowing us to see all of the internal structures including the seeds!

Taking our CT lab in a new direction, scanning fungus! This ant has been infected by a species of cordyceps fungus (that’s same kind of fungus that creates zombies in the Last of Us!) #fungifriday #ctscan #thelastofus #cordyceps @NIMactual

3D mesh of a caecilian skull! If you’re not familiar with them, caecilians are a type of amphibian with a snake-like body form. They live underground and are often referred to as the sharks of the soil due to their large, sharp teeth! sketchfab.com/3d-models/caec…

AI-generated animation of a twin-spotted rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei) from our skeletal and diceCT scans! Here you can see that scanning specimens as-is gives us a clear visual of the bone, while staining specimens in iodine (dice-staining) allows us to see soft tissue.

Welcome to the home of all things microCT at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology! Kicking things off with this skeletal scan of a green frog (Lithobates clamitans) that has an unusual number of legs. This specimen was collected right here in Washtenaw county!