A lot of things will lie to you in your life, but not poop. Close examination of animal scat will help you identify not only the species but how recently the animal was there, its sex, what it ate, ...

While poop is decidedly not on the menu for us humans, it’s a normal food for many animals. In one study in Tanzania, scientists remarked that hooded vultures showed more interest in protein-rich lion ...

Feces don’t get enough credit as food. The stinky stuff is not just an end product after food gets eaten, digested and finally discarded by animal guts. Poop can also be something nutritious, useful ...

Drinking more water can help you prevent pellet poop by keeping your digestive system running smoothly. You can get more ...

Everybody poops. This is a fact of life. But while it’s relatively easy for us to spot mammals relieving themselves, witnessing insects doing their business is a little more rare. You may not even ...

Scientists are using isotopes to answer a surprising variety of questions about the world, according to University of Cincinnati Professor Brooke Crowley. Isotopes are different forms of the same ...