An anti-Israel activist was among the troves of New Yorkers enraged about the minefields of unscooped dog poop littering ...

Another place had 106 rodent droppings.

Archaeological analysis of items from a pre-Inca Peruvian kingdom reveals their prosperity was built on bird poop.

Cats and dogs are professional pets. They know their jobs and they speak clearly when annoyed. When they poop on the carpet, you know exactly how they feel about their owners. Humans, supposedly ...

Ancient Greco-Roman texts discuss the use of excrement in medicine, but this is the first direct evidence we've found that ...

A highly localized religious ritual involving cow dung, practiced by a small village, was labeled a “poop festival” and pushed across the internet without context. What followed wasn’t discussion, but ...

According to the New York Post, sidewalks across the five boroughs have become dotted with unscooped dog waste that had been hidden under the snow, triggering a wave of complaints from frustrated New ...

This week in science: a major cancer analysis links most new cases to just two lifestyle habits; how poop transplants from the young could rejuvenate aging guts; a surprising new factor in kidney ...

Purrs of contentment. Soulful eyes locked on yours over dinner. Valentine's Day? Not for pet owners. For those of us who ...

Defecation is the one essential, unavoidable part of life that strips away social pretensions, teaching us a basic humility about our place in the world—even on the highest of thrones.

Geese have always been among my top 10 scariest animals. Canada geese, the most common species of goose at UW, are known to be very territorial. Yet while many interpret this as aggression or anger, ...

First came the snow. Then came the cold, and it went far below freezing. The snow drifts and shoveled piles created a problem for dog owners: There was nowhere for dogs to do their business.