Qin Rao, MD, is a board-certified physician based in New York City. He currently works as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Manhattan Gastroenterology. Grey poop can be caused by liver issues ...

Joy Emeh is a professional health writer, editor, content strategist, and career development coach with up to four years of experience in the health writing space. She is interested in all things ...

Most people have a preferred way of communication—phone, text, email—but bare-nosed wombats have an unusual way of relaying information. The Australian marsupial communicates by … there's no delicate ...

Poo anxiety, bashful bowels, shy bowel syndrome: they’re all terms for what’s medically known as parcopresis or difficulty pooping when you’re not at home. The Germans have given a name to this ...

Did your pet have an accident? Whether it's an old mess or a new one, these tips from the pros will help you decode how to get dog poop out of carpet and upholstery. The sooner you remove the solids, ...

Nadeem O. Kaakoush receives funding from Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council, and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation (US). BiomeBank and Centre for Digestive Diseases, mentioned ...

Etelka is a post-doctoral research fellow exploring aerosol science with biology and engineering.View full profile Etelka is a post-doctoral research fellow exploring aerosol science with biology and ...

Burmese pythons and other carnivorous snakes are well-known for swallowing their prey whole. But what comes out the other end doesn’t resemble what went in. There’s not a bone to be seen in their poop ...

Scientists fighting the ever-growing threat posed by antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' are increasingly confident that they might have found a solution – in pills of poo. And, if preliminary trials are ...

When we dreamt of a magic pill that could cure anything, we weren’t thinking of poo pills — also known as “crapsules.” But these little capsules packed with freeze-dried fecal matter have recently ...

Fumes of ammonia rising from piles of droppings in Antarctica’s crowded penguin colonies help boost the formation of clouds, which have a cooling effect by reflecting sunlight away from the surface.

Poo is something that fascinates us all, let's be perfectly honest. But human poo has got nothing on the diverse world of animal faeces. Some species eat their own scat, while others shape it into ...