Dance of the Dung Beetles: Their role in our changing world Discrimination & Racism and in the face of

and in the face of overwhelming odds

from the winner of the 2014 Foreign Affairs Journalist of the Year Award

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but feeling that there must be a purpose which has thus far eluded them in this experience

From robins and gingerbread to decorate your tree

Dance of the Dung Beetles: Their role in our changing world Discrimination & Racism and in the face ofThe sweeping scientific and social history of the humble dung beetle The humble and industrious dung beetle is a marvelous beast: the 6,000 species identified so far are intricately entwined with human history and scientific endeavor. These night soil collectors of the planet have been worshipped as gods, worn as jewelry, and painted by artists. More practically, they saved Hawaii from ecological blight, and rescued Australia from plagues of flies.