Based on the ratio of body weight to strength, the dung beetle is not only the strongest insect but the strongest animal in the world, pound-for-pound. It can pull over 1,000 times its body weight.

Like all insects, beetles have six jointed legs, a head, thorax and abdomen. They are generally characterised by a particularly hard exoskeleton and hard forewings. The beetle's exoskeleton is made up ...

in relation to its size the dung beetle is not only the world’s strongest insect – it’s the world’s strongest animal! On average, dung beetles can roll a ball of 50 times their own weight.

Wildfires consume all and leave little more than ashes in their wake—but that’s hardly enough to stop these animals from ...

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(KY3) - As temperatures drop, Asian lady beetles are moving indoors to find a warm place to spend the winter, posing potential risks to curious pets. Curious animals like dogs and cats may sniff ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, the Max Planck Institute of Biology in Tübingen, ...

With more than 50,000 described species, the leaf beetle family is distributed worldwide and represents about a quarter of ...

Every animal is counted, big and small, from huge African elephants to tiny fruit beetles [West Midlands Safari Park] When it comes to some of the minibeasts, such as fruit beetles and cockroaches, ...

One of the world’s best insect undertakers is making a comeback. Populations of the American burying beetle, North America’s largest carrion beetle, have been decimated due mainly to habitat ...

Discover all you need to know about these fascinating insects. What is a dung beetle? Dung beetles get their name from their diet of animal poo. Wherever there are herbivorous mammals leaving ...