I love pooping outside. One morning in Alaska, a humpback whale breached offshore just as I squatted with my pants around my ankles. Another morning, in Idaho, I watched hummingbirds sip nectar from ...

I picked my way in darkness to the shore of Secret Lake — to wait and watch, for hours if necessary. A space weather forecast indicated a northern lights display was likely and I'd missed some ...

Evan Fricke knows exactly how long it takes, after a bird on the island of Saipan eats a piece of fruit, for it to come out the other end (Answer: as little as 10 minutes). "There's always this poop ...

Poop anxiety, bashful bowels, shy bowel syndrome: they're all terms for what's medically known as parcopresis or difficulty ...

The popular children's book "Everyone Poops" details what every human and animal does. But what the book may not detail is that one animal's waste is actually good for the environment. Marine ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Human waste is not always held in the highest regard, but a procedure known as a "fecal transplant" is drastically changing the lives of sick patients. Sami Montella said her ...

How bird droppings might unlock secrets to climate change. We explain. Bird poop — we hate it on our cars, avoid it on sidewalks, and despise the occasional plop on our heads. But it turns out, some ...

Climate change has melted an estimated 3 trillion tons of ice in Antarctica, contributing to sea level rise, disrupting ecosystems, and—because ice-free oceans absorb solar heat—ratcheting up global ...

The popular children's book "Everyone Poops" details what every human and animal does. But what the book may not detail is that one animal's waste is actually good for the environment. Marine ...