Studying fossil dung offers another avenue for scientists trying to recreate ancient landscapes.
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On starlit nights, the Milky Way acts as these beetles’ primary reference. But light pollution gets in the way.
Wet and bulky cattle dung is very unlike marsupial dung that Australian dung beetles are adapted to deal with, meaning native dung beetles tend to leave it alone. But help from abroad is at hand.
Savvy female stable flies prefer to lay their eggs on donkey and sheep dung. Knowing where they choose to do this will help us manage disease.
Like reptiles, birds do not have two separate exits from the body. They have one, called the cloaca. It is quite similar to the human anus but the cloaca expels both indigestible bits and toxins.
New research explains that dogs may have evolved to eat faeces as a way to prevent the spread of disease.
Air pollution from burning firewood and charcoal is the fourth-biggest killer in many countries.
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Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University
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Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England
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Associate Professor of Applied Entomology, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Research Fellow / EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University