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Image of the Day: Horns and Wings
Scarab beetle horns share a common genetic origin with wings.
Image of the Day: Horns and Wings
Image of the Day: Horns and Wings
Scarab beetle horns share a common genetic origin with wings.
Scarab beetle horns share a common genetic origin with wings.
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dung beetles
How Corpse-Eating Beetles Avoid Infection
Yao-Hua Law
| Jun 1, 2018
| 4 min read
Some beetle species may have evolved to tunnel into the ground to escape the pathogens that abound on dead and rotting animals.
Antibiotic Affects Cow Dung
Tracy Vence
| May 25, 2016
| 1 min read
Researchers assess some of the downstream effects of treating livestock with a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
Doodoo Rendezvous
Bob Grant
| Jun 30, 2014
| 1 min read
Watch flightless dung beetles (
Circellium bacchus
), sneaky copulators and crap connoisseurs, do their thing in South Africa.
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