# Western Slope Skies - Rolling Under the Rockies: Dung Beetles in the Dark

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Podcast: [Western Slope Skies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/western-slope-skies-60132)
Published: 2025-11-21T17:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.kvnf.org/show/western-slope-skies/2025-11-21/western-slope-skies-rolling-under-the-rockies-dung-beetles-in-the-dark
Audio file: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s752/audio/2025/11/westsky-112125.mp3
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Duration seconds: 245

## Resource

The unappreciated dung, or scarab beetle, an insect that evolved about 130 million years ago, must accomplish its nocturnal task under increasingly difficult conditions; chief among them, light pollution.

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