Dinosaurs, Martians, ancient trees a not so sharp poop knife. These discoveries were supposed to make history… until they ...

Coyotes have moved into South Florida in recent decades, and they’ve found a bounty of invasive and non-native species to ...

You walk outside and head to your car for your morning commute, and notice a big white splotch on the roof. It's always a mood killer to see bird poop on your car — can't they hang out in another tree ...

Plus, the reason red-winged blackbirds seem to attack everything and how tree-nesting mallards pull off impossible-looking ...

Tracks are one of the most well-known and studied signs of wildlife. In the winter, snow provides a canvas on which the footprints of animals tell complex tales. During other seasons, mud preserves ...

A biography of Hannibal Lecter. A meditation on trees. A memoir by a child prodigy violinist. A treatise on the way we poop. We asked our NPR colleagues what nonfiction they’ve enjoyed reading so far ...

Erin McClymont’s laboratory has six kitchen freezers, each alarmed. This is for self-preservation: when the power goes out or an appliance breaks down, she needs to act quickly to prevent the ...

When a human has a sudden need to take a number two, they might seek out a public bathroom. When mammals in the cloud forests of Costa Rica need to defecate, they do something similar. But porcupines, ...

Remember the last time you pooped, stood up, turned around, and carefully took note of your log’s shape and texture?… No? Can’t recall? Well, according to gastroenterologists, you might want to start.

Forget checking your Oura ring data. If you really want insight into your health, you should check out your poop. Even if you don’t go to the lengths of mailing your excrement to a team of scientists ...

The complaints are piling up. A putrid sidewalk so blanketed with poop that it’s barely passable has become a symbol of the Big Apple’s winter crap crisis — as complaints over dog waste reach record ...

This Christmas, Darlene Fiske is giving her 22-year-old son a pair of cowboy boots, athletic socks—and a gut microbiome test kit that requires a DIY poop sample. “He’s super into learning about his ...