Dung beetles can use balls of poo much like air-conditioning units to cool themselves, researchers say. Dung beetles roll up nutritious balls of excrement up to 50 times heavier than their own bodies ...

There's no polite way to say this: dung beetles eat poo. This isn't as odd as it sounds. It stands to reason that some of the rich nutrients in food make their way out the 'other end.' Let's find out ...

Researchers have found an evolutionary connection between dinosaurs and dung beetles. Scientists uncovered the first molecular evidence indicating that dung beetles evolved in association with ...

Bryan Nelson is a science writer and award-winning documentary filmmaker with over a decade of experience covering technology, astronomy, medicine, animals, and more. Perhaps nature's greatest ...

With so many nice things to eat in the world, why would any animal look at the menu and order a number two? For Saturday's Weird Animal Question of the Week, we're answering Manuela Castro, who asked ...

The shelves in Umesh Soni's little store in downtown Mumbai are neatly stacked with soaps. There are handmade translucent bars, brightly colored circular soaps in tropical variants and square black ...