We meet some interesting bugs that use truly extreme senses to navigate their world. We meet some interesting bugs that use truly extreme senses to navigate their world. How do dung beetles use ...

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Dung beetles can use balls of poo much like air-conditioning units to cool themselves, researchers say. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

The tiny waste harvesters use the Milky Way as a guide to roll their dung meals away to safety. Now researchers say the beetles take "snapshots"... It's not easy being a dung beetle. Besides the ...

Signals like the rising or setting sun, the wind, and polarized moonlight are in the arsenal of dung beetles’ compass cues, without which they struggle to orient and travel in wobbly, circular paths.

It's not easy being a dung beetle. Besides the obvious fact that they eat, well, dung, the act of just getting a meal is an involved process. In the most elaborate carry-out scenario, the dung beetles ...