Living on and around poop is not the only remarkable thing about dung beetles. They are also incredibly strong – and there have been scientific experiments to prove it. Laboratory tests on a range of ...

Not exactly the poster child for cute animals, dung beetles now join the list of species affected by human-caused climate change. Indeed, the long tentacles of climate change now extend all the way ...

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 ...

In this wild food episode, we venture into the forest to find dung beetles clinging to trees and crabs hiding in nearby waters. With nature as our kitchen, we prepare and grill the beetles for an ...

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 ...

Placed over the heart in the wrappings of Egyptian mummies, archaeologists have often found carved amulets of scarab beetles, a species of dung beetle. The amulets, many with spells inscribed on them, ...

Dung beetles share the load when it comes to showing their affection for each-other, when transporting a “brood ball”. Dung Beetles are known for collecting piles of dung for various uses. One of ...

Creating a census of the dung beetles of Massachusetts could help inform how to make sure dung beetles keep doing their important work in forests and farming fields. Now to a search for dung beetles ...

That such a small insect might be able to navigate according to the night sky would be a rather improbable claim, but the fact remains that dung beetles are capable of just this very feat. It has been ...