Known for spending much of its life underground, the little-known American burying beetle could hold the key to developing ...

Scientists identify the Onthophagus taurus dung beetle as Earth's strongest insect, capable of pulling 1,141 times its body weight while playing a crucial ecological role.

Tel Azekah, where the toddler unearthed the dung beetle-shaped artifact, is a well-known archaeological site in Israel’s Shephelah area where excavations have taken place for a little over a decade.

An elusive tiger that hasn't been spotted in three years reemerged on a trail cam with a surprise: two tiger cubs. The ...

Deep in the Amazon jungle, researchers have discovered a dung beetle that doesn't live up to its name, a sign the insect has undergone speciation. A new study published today (Jan. 20) in Biology ...

According to our first guest today, the secret to maintaining clean water and sustainable pastures lies right under our feet ...

The practice of using symbols of the revered beetles originated in Egypt. Ancient Egyptians associated dung beetles rolling balls of dung with their Sun god rolling the “Sun disk” across the ...

Watch flightless dung beetles (Circellium bacchus), sneaky copulators and crap connoisseurs, do their thing in South Africa. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and ...

Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority/Facebook Scarab-shaped amulets like the one Nitzan came across are small, ornate objects designed to emulate a dung beetle, according to the Israel Antiquities ...