Some dung beetles are native to California, but many have been imported to help reduce damage from cattle farming. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge spoke with an entomologist about their role and ...

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 ...

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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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 ...

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 ...

Dung beetles are quietly performing a vital climate change mitigation service for Australia's livestock sector, slashing ...

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange ...

The forest dung beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus acts as the ‘health police’ in the forest. It buries the feces of other animals, thereby inhibiting the spread of parasites and bringing nutrients into ...