The flightless dung beetle of South Africa, Circellium bacchus, is a wingless species. It may have shed its wings as an evolutionary adaptation so it can conserve water. Dung beetles consume poo ...

Our most familiar image of the dung beetle shows one of them rolling a finely shaped ball of dung to a hiding place where it digs a hole and lays its eggs. Along with the dung ball rollers, there are ...

Remember to avoid driving over elephant dung to ensure you don’t squash any beetles! Dung beetles have dark, round bodies, ...

Dung beetles, proportionally stronger than elephants, are able to move a ball of dung 40 times their own weight. In fact, for their size, dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world.