Beetles can build shelters for multiple species

A study conducted by Brazilian researchers in the Serra do Tombador Nature Reserve, in the interior of Goiás, reveals that the interaction between beetles of the genus Actinobolus and termite mounds – structures similar to small mounds of earth where termites live, common in the Cerrado landscape – is capable of generating shelter for different species of fauna in adverse situations, such as forest fires. Scientists discovered that the beetle, b…