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 ...

It's easy to imagine an adult bird standing over youngsters with mouths open wide for a pre-mashed meal. It's more difficult to picture a beetle doing this, but the burying beetle Nicrophorus ...

Bring out your dead. For so many scavengers, fresh corpses and carcasses bring new life. A genuinely fascinating group of beetles that rely on carrion are the burying beetles, genus Nicrophorus. These ...

In gardens, parks and woods across the UK, the Sexton burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides quietly buries dead mice and other small vertebrates to create edible nests for their young. Most parents ...