Brooding Chambers | Arvo Leo & Alison Yip at the Storefront | June 1-9 2013

In the early months of 2013 scientists discovered that on moonless nights the dung beetle uses the murky glow of the Milky Way to orient himself in rolling his dung ball in a straight line. By observing the ways of the African dung beetle Scarabaeus satyrus, the team of scientists was able to ascertain that dung beetles roll their dung balls in straight lines by taking cues from the polarized light patterns formed by the sun and the moon. This discovery was made by fitting numerous beetles’ heads with either clear or black hats and recording their movements in both day …