Hundreds of scientists around the world are engaged in Myrmecology, the study of ants. Here are a few of them.
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Benoit Guenard (left) and Eli Sarnat collect ants from a rotting log in a coastal forest in North Carolina.
Eli Sarnat examines a vial of ants in North Carolina.
Benoit Guenard, an expert on the ant fauna of North Carolina, peers at a collection of live Aphaenogaster destined for phylogenetic study by other myrmecologists.
Myrmecologist Ricardo ("Bob") Solar ponders the sharp mandibles of an Atta laevigata soldier, the world's largest leafcutter ant. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Andrea Walker (University of Illinois) collecting specimens at Ant Course 2012 in Uganda.
Rodrigo Feitosa, a myrmecologist at São Paulo's Zoology Museum, holds the drawer containing the Martialis heureka holotype specimen. São Paulo, Brazil
Jack Longino (University of Utah) gives an evening lecture on ant ecology at Ant Course 2012 in Uganda.
Christian Rabeling excavates a nest of fungus-growing ants in Texas.
Flavia Esteves (Universidade de São Paulo) breaks up rainforest soil to look for rare species at Ant Course 2012 in Uganda.
Benoit Guenard, an expert on the ant fauna of North Carolina, peers at a collection of live Aphaenogaster destined for phylogenetic study by other myrmecologists.
Benoit Guenard, an expert on the ant fauna of North Carolina, peers at a collection of live Aphaenogaster destined for phylogenetic study by other myrmecologists.
Benoit Guenard, an expert on the ant fauna of North Carolina, peers at a collection of live Aphaenogaster destined for phylogenetic study by other myrmecologists.
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