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 ...

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.

Rohner has made dung beetles his research specialty and said there are over 5,000 different species of them. A dung beetle’s occupation is pretty simple. Rohner keeps a children’s book in his ...

Jerusalem Post Israel news Israel Culture Cats, dogs, and dung beetles: Discovering the animal world of ancient Egypt Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum ...