Don’t play with poo — unless you’re a dung beetle. Then, by all means! This insect plays with animal excrement (*shudder*), and while it may be gross, it’s actually a crucial part of our ...

"Blue Beetle" doesn't have much originality going for itself, but it crucially gets that superhero movies don't need to be self-serious to make a serious point. Light, lively and sincere, "Blue ...

From carpet beetles to ladybugs to palo verde beetles, here's what to know about the most common beetles in Arizona and why they get in your house.

"I have found 12 different dung beetle species [in this little patch of Worcester]," she says proudly. "I think people don't appreciate the biodiversity that's right in their backyard.

DANIEL: So the greater the dung beetle diversity, the healthier the forest. McCullough is also interested in the flipside, how big a forest has to be to ensure a robust dung beetle community.

Based on the ratio of body weight to strength, the dung beetle is not only the strongest insect but the strongest animal in the world, pound-for-pound. It can pull over 1,000 times its body weight.

How to trap a dung beetle. McCullough crouches down beside a trap she set out the previous day. "I have buried a Nalgene bottle so that it's flush with the ground," she says.

South Africa has roughly 500 species of dung beetle and there are more than 700 in Southern Africa. This diversity is partly a result of the varied geography and range of vegetation types, from ...