* Japanese name: Oosenchikogane * Scientific name: Geotrupes auratus * Description: Dung beetles are robust, powerful insects with an excellent sense of smell. They are metallic-green with a red ...

Dung beetles don't have the most glamorous name or job, but they are essential to manure management. About 8,000 species of dung beetles feast on manure, carrion, and rotting vegetation worldwide ...

Dung beetles are super small, measuring only about 1.3 centimeters (0.5 inches) to 6.35 centimeters (2.5 inches), depending on the species.

And dung beetles, she says, are peculiar in that they shun landmarks used by other insects to find their way. ... won't take a left at the red barn or the tree stump—they're focused on the sky.

Starting in July 2022, the team has been collecting dung beetles across Manu’s diverse ecosystems up and down the altitude gradient, from 500 to 3,500 meters above sea level.

The image of the dung beetle just skyrocketed thanks to some scientists from Sweden who wanted to understand how these insects roll balls of dung in surprisingly straight lines in the dark. So they ...

In this wild food episode, we venture into the forest to find dung beetles clinging to trees and crabs hiding in nearby waters. ... Any of these 6 phrases is a red flag in relationships.

Previous experiments showed another dung beetle, S. zambesianus, is unable to roll along straight tracks on moonless nights when Earth's galaxy, the Milky Way, lies below the horizon, Dacke noted.

But beetles aren't much for biting people. If they are bothered, they will pull in their legs and "play dead." The sacred scarab beetle of Egyptian fame is a dung beetle, or tumblebug, as it is ...

The species shown here all belong to the genus Onthophagus, a group of dung beetles. The colors in this picture, which are false, show which parts of the beetle body the horns grow from.