The dung beetle may eat and nest in poop, but its role in nature is anything but humble. Most recently, we studied dung beetles to assess the Amazon’s recovery from the intense drought and forest ...

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Flora Lichtman is here with our Video Pick of the Week. Hi, Flora. FLORA LICHTMAN, BYLINE: Hi, Ira. FLATOW: What you got for us this week? LICHTMAN: This week's video pick is about a very menacing ...

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Engineers have designed a tiny, low-weight and cordless robot that can act independently and with ultra-high precision in all directions in some of the most extreme conditions. The robot, which the ...

Beetles are some of the most diverse and bizarre creatures on Earth and these nine species push the boundaries of what seems possible in nature. From explosive defense mechanisms to glowing bodies and ...

The dung beetle may eat and nest in poop, but its role in nature is anything but humble. Most recently, we studied dung beetles to assess the Amazon’s recovery from the intense drought and forest ...