Last month, I wrote about how much I love dung beetles. But the Egyptians even worshipped them! The scarab beetle, the mystical religious symbol of the ancient Egyptians, is a dung beetle. The ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Dung beetles prefer the smelliest poop they can find, new research on the insects suggests.

Figure 1: The similarities between C. argenteum seeds and a dung pellet and dissimilarities with other nut seeds. Figure 2: Comparisons of volatile emissions among seeds and large mammal droppings ...