Denver, Colo. – As summer temperatures soar, local dung beetles may be frantically searching for fresh droppings to secure a cooling, nutritious portion that double as thermal refuges and pantry for ...

The mound the termites abandoned might not look much of a threat, but to a dung beetle, it’s a mountain whose slopes are covered with pitfall traps. A dung beetle is a walnut-sized package of ...

Placed over the heart in the wrappings of Egyptian mummies, archaeologists have often found carved amulets of scarab beetles, a species of dung beetle. The amulets, many with spells inscribed on them, ...