If you’re one of the 63 million Americans who went hiking last year, chances are you’ve found yourself needing to go, with no ...

Thousands of hikers flock to Colorado's stunning Blue Lakes every year. They're leaving behind a massive trail of human waste ...

In the fall of 2023, NIST's scientists in Charleston, South Carolina, received a special shipment of containers packed with baggies full of frozen human feces. Teams of scientists there and at an ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – As the city addresses the homelessness crisis, it’s an aspect of the issue that doesn’t get as much attention: the human feces left behind by those living on the streets.

“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: ...