in relation to its size the dung beetle is not only the world’s strongest insect – it’s the world’s strongest animal! On average, dung beetles can roll a ball of 50 times their own weight.

Dung beetles are known for their rather unappetizing food choice: animal feces. But dung doesn't only provide sustenance for these insects; it also plays an integral part in their mating behaviors.

Even a creature as small as a dung beetle, with a brain the size of a grain of rice, can gaze up at the starry night and decide where to go. (See five more amazing animal navigators.) ...

Odorous dung from omnivores, which eat a diet of both plants and animals, seems to be the most attractive to the beetles. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on ...

Marie Dacke, who researches animal vision at Lund University, has shown how the beetles use that dense band of light to maintain a straight line as they roll. This ensures they get as far from the ...

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.

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 ...

In Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve on the plains of South Africa, an army of dung beetles does one of the dirtiest jobs in the animal kingdom. Dr. Gimo Daniel studies these beetles, who voraciously ...

But did it make you care about a dung beetle? “It takes three years for ... Strange Drones aren’t the only way “Incredible Animal Journeys” capture singular footage, though.

Beetles eat dung, flies lay eggs, other insects come to eat the larvae of these animals. It’s a beautiful stinky circle of life. It’s also dangerous and competitive, which is why one group of ...

"I have found 12 different dung ... of animal waste, return nutrients to the soil, eliminate bacteria and other pathogens, and aerate the forest floor. In addition, in the US, dung beetles provide ...