When European colonists first brought cattle and horses to Australia in the late 1700s, they learned a foul-smelling lesson about how useful certain species of beetles could be. As the hoofed animals ate and defecated, manure began piling up across the continent. Without any European dung beetles to break it down, the cow dung in Australia had nowhere to go.
Fossilized dinosaur poop contains new insect species
A new line in cat food uses insect protein as its primary source of protein and amino acids, instead of traditional cat foods based on chicken, say. Or tuna. After all, a cat that wants its breakfast just isn’t in the habit of swimming out to sea, in order to do battle with a tuna fish.
OUT OF PLACE: A giant-footed bird showed up in a Massachusetts backyard. It didn’t belong there.
New species of caterpillar found in Hawaii camouflages itself in dead bugs
Rare and fragile creature found sheltering in the gloom of a mountain stream in Kosovo
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