But as crafty and resilient against germs as they are, the beetles are threatened by habitat loss and environmental ... studied and documented how adult dung beetles usually die from exposure ...

Scientists identify the Onthophagus taurus dung beetle as Earth's strongest insect, capable of pulling 1,141 times its body ...

One of the largest and most important groups of dung beetles in the world evolved from a single common ancestor and relationships among the various lineages are now known, according to new research by ...

The goal is to create a habitat covering nearly four acres around ... such as bees, ants, flies, beetles, and birds, help plants grow by carrying pollen from one plant to another.

It is estimated that 200,000 to 300,000 species of invertebrates — like bees, beetles, butterflies ... The plants in turn provide food and habitat, clean the air and keep soils healthy and ...

The causes include habitat loss, pesticides and climate change ... From cockroaches and beetles to the tiny "bees of the seas", here are some of the most unexpected, and occasionally disconcerting ...

From cockroaches and beetles to the tiny "bees of the seas", here are some of the most unexpected, and occasionally disconcerting, pollinators the world continues to rely on – even if we don't ...

The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...