Meet a nocturnal dung beetle that navigates by the moon and stars.
Dung beetles help clean up poop around the world. Take a tour of their job sites.
Learn some more about dung beetle homes!
Meet Doug, an enthusiastic and cheerful dung beetle.
Thanks to National Moth Week and to Ken Childs and Juan Carlos García Morales for images.
Learn why dung beetles, or scarabs, became important symbols in Egyptian culture.
As dictated to Lynne Venart and David Brown Howdy! Doug Beetle here. Today I’m canoeing along Madagascar’s largest lake, Lake Alaotra. On the way here, I’ve passed many rice fields and saw farmers working in their fields. Rice is the favorite food of many Malagasy people,…
As dictated to Lynne Venart and David Brown Howdy! Doug Beetle here. Today I’m exploring the spiny forest in southwestern Madagascar. This area is very dry and hot. Here we find majestic baobabs and trees and bushes that have long spines. This spiny habitat is…