Artificial light disrupts dung beetles’ sense of direction
Published 19 August 2021 Claudia Tocco performing an experiment with a dung beetle at a light-polluted site – on a roof in central Johannesburg. Photo: Marcus Byrne. For the first time, researchers have been able to prove that city lights limit the ability of nocturnal animals to navigate by natural light in the night sky. Instead, they are forced to use streetlamps, neon light or floodlights to o
https://www.science.lu.se/article/artificial-light-disrupts-dung-beetles-sense-direction - 2025-04-21