When a beetle gets swallowed up whole by a predatory frog, it's not necessarily the end of the insect's time on Earth. New research delves into how some aquatic beetles can survive being devoured by, ...

Defecation is commonly treated as a universal feature of animal life, a visible outcome of digestion and metabolic turnover.

No matter what kind of animal you are, chances are you’re going to have to poop at one point or another. After the body takes in food and it passes through the digestive system, the leftovers your ...

From frogs and sponges to jellyfish and tardigrades, scientists reveal how some animals digest food without defecating, ...

The ancient Chinese practiced copromancy, the diagnosis of health based on the shape, size and texture of feces. So did the Egyptians, the Greeks and nearly every ancient culture. Even today, your ...

The ancient Chinese practiced copromancy, the diagnosis of health based on the shape, size and texture of feces. So did the Egyptians, the Greeks and nearly every ancient culture. Even today, your ...

From the tiniest to the most massive of poos, physics predicts we should all spend the same amount of time on the john. Zoonar GmbH / Alamy The ancient Chinese practiced copromancy, the diagnosis of ...

Everyone poops, and it takes them about the same amount of time. A new study of the hydrodynamics of defecation finds that all mammals with faeces like ours take 12 seconds on average to relieve ...

PHOENIX — Something is stinking up Tempe — and no, it’s not from the draining of Tempe Town Lake. Tempe City Council member Kolby Granville is concerned with animal defecation in public areas around ...