A Namib desert beetle runs to stay cool: How scientists solved the puzzle of this unique and speedy species

The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot—the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising ...
IEEE

A Multi-Strategy Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm for Optimizing Constrained Engineering Problems

Abstract: The dung beetle optimization (DBO) algorithm is one of newly excellent swarm intelligent algorithm while its exploration capability is still insufficient. For this, a multi-strategy DBO ...
IEEE

DDBO: Discrete Dung Beetle Optimizer for Optical Communication Simulation Task Allocation

Abstract: Optical Communication Simulation Task Allocation (OCSTA) constitutes an interdisciplinary quandary. This paper proposes a swarm intelligence approach harnessing a Discrete Dung Beetle ...

What did the King do with his carrot? And why was B&Q's cabinet sexist? Find out in the Mail on Sunday's irreverent quiz of 2025

Take Britain's most irreverent quiz of the year - compiled by Steve Bennett - to find how much attention you were really ...
Frontiers

Gut microbiota variability in dung beetles: prokaryotes vary according to the phylogeny of the host species while fungi vary according to the diet

1 Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology (DBIOS), University of Turin, Turin, Italy 2 Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP) – National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy Dung ...
IGN

Dung Eater Questline

Dung Eater is one of the NPCs you'll encounter that has a main quest to complete in Elden Ring. For this part of our Elden Ring guide, you'll find details of where to find him, how to begin his ...
Stock Journal

Why dung beetles are key to soil health, meeting emission targets

They may only be small but in its short life time a single dung beetle is capable of burying down up to a kilogram of cow dung and improving soil health.