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 ...

With a net loss of over 80% of cattle farms over the last 50 years, dung beetles have suffered from both habitat loss and fragmentation. Currently, more than half of an original 47 species are ...

Based on the ratio of body weight to strength, the dung beetle is not only the strongest insect but the strongest animal in ...

A cross between Mashona, a breed which originated from the Shona people of eastern Zimbabwe and Angus, the cattle dump 16 ...

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 ...

Beetles are at the heart of many ways we take inspiration from nature. Here are some examples. The fogstand beetle lives in the Namib Desert, where the average rainfall is 14mm a year and survives ...

Cook Government investing $500,000 to reduce native bushfly populations in the South West Dung beetle initiative will help enhance the tourism ...