Scientists recently discovered a new species of exploding ants, which kill themselves to save their colony as a defensive behavior. (blogs.discovermagazine.com)
The researchers consider C. explodens to be a model species of exploding ant, which means it'll now serve as a reference point, or an exemplar, for future research. (gizmodo.com)
The species are commonly known as simply «exploding ants» until a team of researchers, headed by Alice Laciny, a Ph.D. student at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, officially classified them as Colobopsis explodens. (techtimes.com)