Scientists identify the Onthophagus taurus dung beetle as Earth's strongest insect, capable of pulling 1,141 times its body weight while playing a crucial ecological role.

Known for spending much of its life underground, the little-known American burying beetle could hold the key to developing ...

Tel Azekah, where the toddler unearthed the dung beetle-shaped artifact, is a well-known archaeological site in Israel’s Shephelah area where excavations have taken place for a little over a decade.

Inspired by the remarkable strength and efficiency of dung beetles, researchers have developed robots that mimic the beetle’s unique object-rolling mechanics. A new study explains how dung ...

According to our first guest today, the secret to maintaining clean water and sustainable pastures lies right under our feet ...

Watch flightless dung beetles (Circellium bacchus), sneaky copulators and crap connoisseurs, do their thing in South Africa. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and ...

The practice of using symbols of the revered beetles originated in Egypt. Ancient Egyptians associated dung beetles rolling balls of dung with their Sun god rolling the “Sun disk” across the ...

Although the Citrus County Parks and Rec Bug Day 3 is weeks away on May 17, the search is on for the one bug that will be ...

Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority/Facebook Scarab-shaped amulets like the one Nitzan came across are small, ornate objects designed to emulate a dung beetle, according to the Israel Antiquities ...