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 ...

History remembers warriors for their conquests and kings for their reigns. But this one Viking left behind something more tangible and far more unique—his poop. We’re not just talking about any ...

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 ...

Washington Post columnist Philip Bump fact-checked San Francisco’s human feces problem with various interpretations of defecation maps, some suggesting a few streets are actually poop-free, while ...

“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: ...