Despite having tiny brains, dung beetles are surprisingly decent navigators, able to follow straight paths as they roll poo balls they've collected away from a dung source. But it seems the insects' ...

A road sign in Bursa, Turkey, warns drivers of the presence of dung beetles, stating 'Attention! It may come out, don't crush it please!' Ugur Ulu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images If the TV series ...

Dung beetles eat feces. Everyone knows this. But here's something you didn't know: newly published research reveals that dung beetles can use spheres of rollable poop-meals as portable AC units — and ...

Dung beetles play a pivotal role in sustaining ecosystem processes through nutrient recycling, soil aeration, and plant growth enhancement. Their diverse ecology encompasses a wide range of functional ...

A team of scientists has discovered that dung beetles climb on dung balls and dance around in circles before taking off. This dance is not one of joy, however — the insects are checking out the sky to ...

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 ...

Even the humble dung beetle, its life spent barely an inch above the ground, pushing balls of waste, steers by starlight. This unsuspected navigational mechanism, described Jan. 24 in Current Biology, ...

Let’s get it out of the way: Dung beetles eat poop. They need to eat the poop — all animals need nitrogen to build protein, and dung beetles get their nitrogen from the feces of warm-blooded ...

Anyone who has walked through a barn or cattle pasture in the summer knows that flies are a nuisance and even a health hazard. Face flies can spread diseases like pink eye to cattle, and horn ...

Read enough about the dung beetle and a picture of its character emerges: patient, optimistic, uncomplaining. It is capable of moving many times its own weight in excrement, which it rolls across the ...

Despite having tiny brains, dung beetles are surprisingly decent navigators, able to follow straight paths as they roll poo balls they've collected away from a dung source. But it seems the insects' ...