The tiny waste harvesters use the Milky Way as a guide to roll their dung meals away to safety. Now researchers say the beetles take "snapshots"... It's not easy being a dung beetle. Besides the ...

Dung beetles can use balls of poo much like air-conditioning units to cool themselves, researchers say. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

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Berkeley -- The lifestyle of the horned passalus beetle, commonly known as the bessbug or betsy beetle, might seem downright disgusting to the average human: Not only does this shiny black beetle eat ...

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