The dung beetle comes in many colors, from glossy black to metallic green and red. They are so cool and beautiful that Ancient Egyptians even used their image in artwork and jewelry. As shown in ...

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

For dung beetles forming a ball to provision their ... brown and orange to shiny coppery shades. Some can be metallic blue, green and red, while only a few have coloured spots or markings.

If the TV series Dirty Jobs covered animals as well as humans, it would probably start with dung beetles. These hardworking critters are among the insect world’s most important recyclers.

Other dung beetles that have antennas with eight segments ... brown and orange to shiny coppery shades. Some can be metallic blue, green and red, while a few have coloured spots or markings.

"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. Essentially ...

Dung beetles prefer the smelliest poop they can find, new research on the insects suggests. Odorous dung from omnivores, which eat a diet of both plants and animals, seems to be the most ...

On the plains of South Africa, an army of dung beetles recycle the dung of large mammals. In Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve on the plains of South Africa, an army of dung beetles does one of the ...

Peer-reviewed research published Wednesday found certain species of dung beetles — key to regulating many ecosystems by cleaning up after other animals — pair up spontaneously in male-female ...