Dung beetles have this really neat trick by which they’re able to use the positions of the stars to orient themselves along a straight line, making them the only known animal to use the Milky Way for ...

The tiny waste harvesters use the Milky Way as a guide to roll their dung meals away to safety. Now researchers say the beetles take "snapshots"... It's not easy being a dung beetle. Besides the ...

Sailors don't need to read the stars anymore—they've got GPS. But dung beetles do not have GPS. And it now appears that they use the Milky Way as a compass. Dung beetles need a keen sense of direction ...

And I'm Audie Cornish. And we have a story now about celestial navigation - that is, looking to the sky for guidance. BLOCK: But before we get too lofty, this story also happens to be about dung ...

Look up at the sky on a clear, moonless night, and you can make out the broad, hazy band of the Milky Way. For the longest time, observers were unsure what the milkiness was. Celestial clouds? Tiny ...

It's not easy being a dung beetle. Besides the obvious fact that they eat, well, dung, the act of just getting a meal is an involved process. In the most elaborate carry-out scenario, the dung beetles ...