Endangered beetle awaits reintroduction in southwest Missouri

9 February 2012, 11:50 am

COLUMBIA — It mates for life, raises its young as a couple, can detect a dead animal two miles away within an hour of death and bury it up to a foot below the ground. The American burying beetle is unusual among insects, and also one of the rarest  animals in the country. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Saint Louis Zoo are preparing to reintroduce the critically endangered beetle to its ...... Read More »

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