It is well known that many species of birds and insects use sunlight to navigate, but in 2003 a group of researchers discovered a species using polarization of moonlight to navigate. That very clever creature is a dung beetle, the African Scarabaeus zambesianus. read more
Study of very small dung beetles, less than 5 mm long, belonging to the tribe Canthonini from Afrotemperate forests in South Africa revealed four new genera, three monotypic and one with two new species, and one new species of Peckolus Scholtz & Howden. read more