image: These are close-up shots of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus (left) and the jumping ant Harpegnathos saltator (right). This image relates to an article that appeared in the Aug. 27, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Roberto Bonasio of New York University School of Medicine in New York, N.Y., and colleagues was titled, "Genomic Comparison of the Ants Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator." view more
Credit: Design by Roberto Bonasio; photography by Jürgen Liebig