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If you're one of the 63 million Americans who went hiking last year, chances are you've found yourself needing to go, with no ...
How often you poop can reveal important information about the internal processes going on in your body. Should you poop everyday? [istockphoto] When I was a teenager in boarding school, I had a ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Aardvarks (Orycteropus afer) are a crucial part of the ecosystem in ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The world of mummified poop, or coprolites, offers a fascinating ...
Horseback riding companies have agreed to pause operations along Palma Sola Bay for one month in an attempt to end the ...
A group of New York gastroenterologists are trying to unlock the mysteries of the microbiome, but first they need your poop. Bacteria vastly outnumber human cells in your body, but medical science has ...
TAMPA BAY, Fla. (BLOOM) – January can be a brutal month. The holidays are over, the weather’s a mess, and all you want to do is hibernate. But if you’re a dog parent, there’s no escaping the daily ...
In-flight defecation may help the birds stay away from feces that can contain pathogens such as bird flu while also fertilizing the ocean.
Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs (Kurixalus eiffingeri), scientists report September 22 in Ecology. Eiffinger’s tree ...
Poop is an unlikely biographer of human life, but it can hold rich and varied stories. Fossilized feces, known as coprolites, have revealed the diets of ancient humans, what their gut bacteria ...