An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

Combined with dense, fuzzy setae, these features in the insect’s exoskeleton “minimize reflectance and enhance light absorption,” noted to Dr Lopez and collaborators in their paper (ref ...

Wandercraft already offers the FDA-cleared Atalante X exoskeleton for individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCIs). Atalante ...

As The New York Times puts it, “Because the insect‘s exoskeleton has so many different features, light has a higher chance of being absorbed than it would on a smoother black surface.” ...