Dung beetles are a real thing. They are unsanitary bugs that form animal feces into orbs as if they were making a smelly snowman. Then they roll, roll, roll the dung balls from place to place (I don't ...

Across deserts, ocean floors, and forest undergrowth, a handful of animals have evolved defenses so extreme they strain belief. Bombardier beetles detonate chemical explosions inside their own bodies.

When a Cape buffalo goes down in South Africa, lions, hyenas, and painted dogs will soon arrive to fight over the carcass. But what most people don’t realize is that the same thing happens every time ...