Update for Veterinarians program will take place on June 26 at the McNay Research Farm near Chariton. The annual Iowa State ...

Reintroducing native grazing breeds to landscapes can have multiple benefits, including reducing the risk of wildfires, ...

“If the world and CITES continue to ignore the unseen pillars of the global ecosystems, trees stop growing, soil loses ...

Charles Dewhurst, who has died aged 78, was a professional entomologist who worked around the world on projects from ...

Leaves have only three lobes, not evenly spaced. The species prefers sandy soil. The rounded, brown acorn has a downy cap that covers up to a third of the nut. Swamp chestnut oaks grow from 48 to ...

Get to know the bat-eared fox, an insect-eating creature found in the grasslands and savannas of Africa (and also the ...

High up in the mountains, in a rocky world left behind by melting glaciers, life finds an unlikely jumpstart—thanks to poop.

The study’s scientists had previously studied and documented how adult dung beetles usually ... have cultured 11 different species of bacteria from the beetle, one of which is a species ...

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.

A study of Pilobolus species from 168 dung samples of various herbivoresous animals, collected in the São Paulo Zoological Park, was carried out. Ten species were found, illustrated, described, and a ...

The county awarded the Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC) a $250,000 grant to help combat the beetles and other pests. “Anything we can do to get that awareness out to people that ...