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 ...

It is never a pleasant moment when you see your dog doing something you thought only happened in the wild. Watching them eat poop feels confusing and a bit alarming, but it is more common than people ...

Some animals use feces as a vital part of their diet, a behavior that often appears shocking at first glance. Scientists have found that this practice provides crucial nutrients they would otherwise ...

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 ...

Here at Cal, we are known for going green. We don’t want to waste our valuable resources — at least not until one of our students finds a way to solve the problem of diminishing resources. Because if ...

“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: ...

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An adult koala eats a eucalyptus leaf. Joeys can't break down the toxic, fibrous plants on their own yet. Photograph By David Marks/National Geographic When it’s time to feed the kids, koala moms do ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD The Blue Poop Challenge measures gut transit time by tracking how long it takes blue food to pass.Researchers found that gut transit time lasted approximately ...