Rachel Stone (left) studies dung-beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) communities on rat carrion microhabitats at Wichita State University. Emmy Engasser (right) researches the influence of habitat, season, and abiotic factors on carrion beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) communities within the Kansas Flint Hills. (Photo credit: Mary Liz Jameson, Ph.D.)