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 ...

Fishing duo Cole & Jay discover America’s rarest dung beetle in their dog’s poop.

Some dung beetles are native to California, but many have been imported to help reduce damage from cattle farming. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge spoke with an entomologist about their role and ...

On an unseasonably warm fall morning in early November, Erin McCullough strides through Hadwen Arboretum — a small patch of woodland in Worcester in central Massachusetts. We walk through swirls of ...

Dung beetle Dougie starts at a new school in a new town, but struggles to hide who he is—and what he eats. When a series of mysterious disappearances plagues the town, Dougie and his whole community ...