MANY of us can remember a happy song we sang in Sunday school, which ran: “God sees the little sparrow fall. It meets His tender view.” No one seemed at all sorry for the sparrow or concerned about ...
Sexton burying beetle and a larva in its mouse carcass nest. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions ...
NEW SHOREHAM — For a creature whose life is so entwined with death and decay, the American burying beetle has a certain charm. Seen up close, the inch-and-a-half-long insect that raises its young on ...
Beetles that receive less care from their parents spend more time caring for their own offspring. Roundneck sexton beetles (Nicrophorus orbicollis), a kind of burying beetle, bury the bodies of small ...
Sexton burying beetles preparing a mouse carcass nest. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for ...