Feces are a valuable tool in the world of animal identification. It might sound gross, but it’s one of the best ways to determine an animal’s behavior. An animal’s poop, known as scat, tells you where ...

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, ...

A study of elephants, giraffes and other wildlife in Namibia’s Etosha National Park underscores the ways in which the environment, biological sex, and anatomical distinctions can drive variation in ...

Biologists and ecologists have long wished to gather high-quality data on exactly what the animals they study are eating, but how can such observations be made without disturbing the natural patterns ...