Don’t play with poo — unless you’re a dung beetle. Then, by all means! This insect plays with animal excrement (*shudder*), and while it may be gross, it’s actually a crucial part of our ecosystem.

"I have found 12 different dung beetle species [in this little patch of Worcester]," she says proudly. "I think people don't appreciate the biodiversity that's right in their backyard. Essentially ...

With insect populations declining around the globe, Gimo wants to discover how many species of dung beetle are cleaning up after the park's big game. [Gimo Speaking English] And I use this bucket ...

Peer-reviewed research published Wednesday found certain species of dung beetles — key to regulating many ecosystems by cleaning up after other animals — pair up spontaneously in male-female ...

Dung beetles have been around since the time of the dinosaurs. They then flourished as mammals and their droppings increased. These insects are now found on every continent, except Antarctica. 'The ...

This was just one of two new species that was recently described by Deschodt, who has been involved in the discovery and description of more than 50 new dung beetle species. News about the species ...

This was just one of two new species that was recently described by Deschodt, who has been involved in the discovery and description of more than 50 dung beetle species. News about the species ...

Human and chimpanzee dung. "This novel research indicates that native dung beetle species will respond to dung from exotic animals," study researcher Wyatt Hoback, a professor at the University of ...

Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange, leaf green and transparent flecked with gold.

Oddly, the beetles had also eaten about a dozen species of fruit, and one had consumed pollen from a tropical plant called syngonium. The implications could be vast. “The dung beetle that ate ...