In this creepy but curious world we live in one of the critters with the least glamorous name has to be the dung beetle. Despite this less than salubrious eponym, the dung beetle plays an incredibly important role in insect mediated ecosystem services. We explore that in more detail in this episode of Creepy but Curious with Dr Jean Holley an evolutionary and insect ecologist at the University of New England.

Click on the link below to listen to the interview with Dr Jean Holley, Postdoctoral Fellow, ERS :

https://soundcloud.com/abcnsw/creepy-but-curious-dung-beetles