Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not exactly the poster child for cute animals, dung beetles now join the list of species affected by human-caused climate change.
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Peru’s Manu Biosphere Reserve is the largest rainforest reserve in the world and one of the most biodiverse spots on the planet. Manu is a UNESCO-protected area the size of Connecticut and Delaware ...
Researchers at the University of Würzburg have shown that dung beetles suffer in canopy openings that have been deliberately created to promote biodiversity. Rising temperatures are significantly ...
Dung beetles may not have the most glamorous name or lifestyle, but they are essential for the ecology of agricultural habitats. Their contribution to nutrient recycling and biodiversity is ...
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 ...
Dung beetles remove feces from wild animals in forests and thus inhibit the spread of parasites. They work the dung into the soil and thus supply nutrients to plants. They fulfill this task both in ...
The forest dung beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus acts as the ‘health police’ in the forest. It buries the feces of other animals, thereby inhibiting the spread of parasites and bringing nutrients into ...