Everybody poops, but only some of that poop fossilizes, turning into coprolites. While ancient droppings may sound gross — after all, who wants to go digging through feces that are centuries or even ...

In the wee hours of the morning in a lab in Amherst, Massachusetts, geoscience graduate student Rob D’Anjou sat looking over test results, a pot of coffee nearby. He’d been pulling long days to ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists revealed that a precious bacterium, named B.infantis, has been declining in the last few years. The bacteria, found ...

An Oxford ghost and records of human poo are among the strangest stories of 2025. The city of dreaming spires is an iconic, historic place known around the world – as is its surrounding countryside ...

Microsoft is looking to lower its vast carbon footprint by pumping human waste 5,000 feet below the ground’s surface. The tech giant hopes to offset its massive carbon footprint, only exacerbated by ...

“Poop is central to the story of how dogs came into our lives," write Duke University dog researchers Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods in their wonderful new book, Survival of the Friendliest: ...

An estimated 1,650 hikers poop each year on Colorado’s tallest and busiest 14er. And because what those hikers do with their waste can have widespread environmental and human impacts, PACT Outdoors, a ...