Poop transplants may have helped two patients with risk factors avoid severe COVID-19, a new case report suggests. But the study was only based on two patients and so the improvement could have ...

Scientists have discovered that gut-born bacteria may hold the secret for treatments of everything from IBD to Parkinson’s disease. Now they just need samples from the people living in the most ...

Pikas living at high altitudes in Asia eat yak poop to help them survive winter, a new study has found. The small, rabbit-like animals, often compared to Pokémon’s Pikachu character, can't hibernate ...

Squash bugs are the deadbeat parents of the insect world. After they lay their eggs, they pretty much leave the larvae to fend for themselves. If the nymphs ever want to reach a new state of maturity, ...

When I was living in Chicago, my landlady had a wonderful golden retriever that was incredibly friendly, smart and fun to play with - but he had one ridiculous habit: he liked to eat his own poop.

The unexpected threat posed by fireworks, hormone sampling via soiled diapers, and a helpful thief all make an appearance in this week's Weird Science. It sounds like maybe the kleptoparasite and the ...

If riding a bike across a cable in the air, watching metal shavings dance to “Technotronic,” and differentiating moose poop from dinosaur dung sounds like a good time to you, then check out the ...