Visual cues used by ball-rolling dung beetles for orientation

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Comparative Physiology A, May 2003

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Lowly Dung Beetles Are Insect Astronomers

Wired Science, 24 Jan 2013

Even the humble dung beetle, standing barely an inch off the ground, its life spent pushing balls of waste, steers by starlight.