We meet some interesting bugs that use truly extreme senses to navigate their world. We meet some interesting bugs that use truly extreme senses to navigate their world. How do dung beetles use ...

A dung beetle is a walnut-sized package of determination. The mound the termites abandoned might not look much of a threat, but to a dung beetle, it’s a mountain whose slopes are covered with pitfall ...

Dung beetles may not have the most glamorous name or lifestyle, but they are essential for the ecology of agricultural habitats. Their contribution to nutrient recycling and biodiversity is ...

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Dung beetle on top of its ball of dung. Source: Bernard Dupont/Wikimedia Commons When a fresh pile of dung hits the ground, it isn’t long before the dung beetles arrive. There are so many dung beetles ...

On an unseasonably warm fall morning in early November, Erin McCullough strides through Hadwen Arboretum — a small patch of woodland in Worcester in central Massachusetts. We walk through swirls of ...

Researchers at the University of Würzburg have shown that dung beetles suffer in canopy openings that have been deliberately created to promote biodiversity. Rising temperatures are significantly ...