If the TV series Dirty Jobs covered animals as well as humans, it would probably start with dung beetles. These hardworking critters are among the insect world’s most important recyclers.

"I have found 12 different dung beetle species [in this little patch of Worcester]," she says proudly. "I think people don't appreciate the biodiversity that's right in their backyard. Essentially ...

If the TV series “Dirty Jobs” covered animals as well as humans, it would probably start with dung beetles. These hardworking critters are among the insect world’s most important recyclers.

On the plains of South Africa, an army of dung beetles recycle the dung of large mammals. In Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve on the plains of South Africa, an army of dung beetles does one of the ...

Deep in the Amazon jungle, researchers have discovered a dung beetle that doesn't live up to its name, a sign the insect has undergone speciation. A new study published today (Jan. 20) in Biology ...

PINE RIVER, Minn. — On a cloud covered August afternoon, a group of about 20 farmers, ranchers, scientists and just plain curious folks had their eyes to the ground as they shoveled through cow ...

Peer-reviewed research published Wednesday found certain species of dung beetles — key to regulating many ecosystems by cleaning up after other animals — pair up spontaneously in male-female ...

If the TV series “Dirty Jobs” covered animals as well as humans, it would probably start with dung beetles. These hardworking critters are among the insect world’s most important recyclers.