In cadaver caves, baby beetles grow better with parental goo
Parental gut microbes can turn a small dead animal into a healthful nursery
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FAMILY LIFE Burying beetle parents tend the carcass where their brood of youngsters thrives, feeding from the inside out.
S. Shukla/MPI for Chemical Ecology