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January 24, 2013

Dung Beetles Use the Stars to Navigate

Joseph Stromberg, Smithsonian


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Science has shown us that a number of organisms use the stars for navigation: songbirds, harbor seals and, of course, humans. But a new study by a team of Swedish and South African researchers published today in the journal Cell Biology indicates that a rather unexpected creature can be added to this list—the lowly dung beetle.

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TAGGED: Milky Way galaxy, Stars, celestial navigation, beetles

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