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, ...

This story first appeared on Civil Eats. Dung beetles — named for what they eat — may be one of the more underrated creatures in the food web. When no one is looking, these tiny janitors clean up ...

Food safety regulations increasingly pressure growers to remove hedgerows, ponds and other natural habitats from farms to keep out pathogen-carrying wildlife and livestock. Yet, this could come at the ...

Dung beetles bury animal dung to use as their own food and to provide food for their young. This group of beetles is especially prevalent in tropical rainforests. Their burying behavior incidentally ...

Locating and Working on a Dung Pat Most dung beetles are looking for the manure of herbivores because they excrete a lot of undigested food in their poop. It’s basically a pile of undigested grass and ...

NOTI, Ore. — Beetles, spiders and ladybugs scuttled across a mound of soil. “When I’m out checking soils or planting, I’ll see dung beetles scurrying around,” said Chris Overbaugh, co-owner and ...

Researchers at the University of Würzburg have shown that dung beetles suffer in canopy openings that have been deliberately ...

Food safety regulations increasingly pressure growers to remove hedgerows, ponds and other natural habitats from farms to keep out pathogen-carrying wildlife and livestock. Yet, this could come at the ...