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

The Poop Museum, the popular science education program that has taught 50,000 curious humans from 80 countries all about poop, is launching its first ever summer "Poop Camp", a week long online ...

Scientists are freezing human poop to avert a disaster in the future. The Microbiota Vault project aims to collect 10,000 poop samples by 2029 in order to preserve microbes that can one day help ...

The poop emoji accurately captures the typical poop shape in nature formed by the downward pull of gravity. According to a new study, exceptions to this rule—antigravitational poop—suggest that ...

On a bright October day, high schoolers from Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus piled into a boat on the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. Most had never been on the water before. Their guide, Trey ...

“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: ...

If you’re one of the 63 million Americans who went hiking last year, chances are you’ve found yourself needing to go, with no toilet in sight. Aside from personal inconvenience, why is this such a big ...