History remembers warriors for their conquests and kings for their reigns. But this one Viking left behind something more ...

“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: ...

A team of scientists in Switzerland is collecting and deep-freezing human poop in what they call a “doomsday” vault. The goal is to protect the invisible microbial world inside us for future ...

Consuming whole animals was not unusual for ancient cultures, but researchers say that a whole snake inside fossilized fecal matter had never been found before.