On average, dung beetles can roll a ball of dung 50 times their weight. The bull-headed dung beetle can haul more than 1,100 times its body weight.

I Eat Poop, written by Mark Pett, follows the story of Dougie the dung beetle. He loves his family and who they are, but is terrified that anyone at school will find out that he eats poop. He ...

But I did learn some other cool beetle facts. For example, a pine beetle can fly almost 19 miles. The Australian tiger beetle can run up to 5.5 mph, equal to about 171 body lengths per second.

To gain a better understanding of native dung beetle communities in the Appalachian region, Mamantov surveyed her subject in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, taking advantage of the variety of ...

While many insects rely on the sun and moon for navigation, the dung beetle, along with some moths, has adapted to use the Milky Way when these celestial bodies are not visible.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Animation is developing I Eat Poop: A Dung Beetle Story based on the popular children’s book by Mark Pett, with Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort producing under their first ...