If you walk dogs you're expected to pick up after them. Here's why what you do with that waste really does matter.

Sometimes, dogs do strange things. Beyond rolling in mud puddles or biting themselves, your pet might drink from toilets or lick its butt. In other cases, it may eat its own poop or, worse, the poop ...

When miniature dachshund Valerie was captured after 529 days alone in the wilds of Australia's Kangaroo Island, experts speculated she survived partly by eating other animals' poo. While this survival ...

Nobody looks forward to scooping poop, but your dog’s daily deposit holds more information than you might think. That humble pile in the grass holds clues about digestion, diet, hydration, and even ...

It’s not uncommon for a dog to sniff around a yard, come across a pile of poop, and gobble it up. Or even to eat its own poop. It might sound quite disgusting, but lots of dogs will eat poop at some ...

New research finds that a popular class of antiparasitics can linger in pet feces for quite some time, potentially posing a ...

The City of Vancouver says that the densely-populated downtown neighbourhood saw the most complaints over dog droppings not ...

A condo complex in northern New Jersey has turned to science to help track down residents who allow their dogs to defecate ...

But locals are fuming over careless dog owners who don't bother to pick up after their pets. Villagers have taken to social media to vent their fury over the mess pet owners leave behind at Snettisham ...