What's Wild looks at the Carrion Beetle in South Carolina. On the season finale of What's Wild we're checking out the American Carrion Beetle, one of the best bugs in the business when it comes to ...

Carrion is something we choose to stay away from - it looks awful, writhes with insects, and smells really bad. Why would anyone study the remains of dead animals? Aa Aa Aa Carrion, or the remains of ...

It was Halloween and the discussion had inevitably turned to death — and flesh-eating zombies. I had just finished lunch at a “research away day” when I got caught up in a conversation about carrion ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Conservation efforts at The Wilds benefit creatures big and small including the first insect to be listed as an endangered species, the American Burying Beetle. Known to be one ...

Burying beetles haul mouse carcasses into the dirt and prep them to start a family. Insects called burying beetles haul mouse carcasses down into the dirt and prep them to feed their future offspring.

Being a dad can make an individual more attractive to potential mates, a phenomenon observed in many species, from fishes to primates to birds. The principle has even been documented in insects. In ...

Not long after the sun goes down, pairs of burying beetles, or Nicrophorus orbicollis, begin looking for corpses. For these beetles, this is not some macabre activity; it's house-hunting, and they are ...