Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences are gearing up to digitally photograph 12,000 species of ants with the help from a Leica Z16 microscope and Auto-Montage 3D. So far over 5,000 ants have been photographed.

Go to BBC Nature to see more really cool images of ants and to learn about the California Academy of Sciences’ ant project : The world’s ants captured in 3D.