Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An elephant pictured at Chester Zoo in England. - Chester Zoo Professor Suzannah Williams wishes she didn’t have to spend her days ...

Feces, dung, poop: words that never fail to make a 12-year-old boy laugh. But they have no place in highly advanced scientific processes, right? Well, that’s where you’d be wrong. Researchers ...

Would you dig through animal excrement if you knew you would find a diamond? Wildlife researchers at the University of Oxford, Revive & Restore, and Chester Zoo are collecting feces from animals for a ...

Climate change is melting away glaciers around the world, but in the Andes Mountains, a wild relative of the llama is helping local ecosystems adapt to these changes by dropping big piles of dung.

Etelka is a post-doctoral research fellow exploring aerosol science with biology and engineering.View full profile Etelka is a post-doctoral research fellow exploring aerosol science with biology and ...

Animals use poo for many purposes, or should I say poo-poses? Most recently, scientists found Asian honey bees in the country of Vietnam were using animal poo, also known as dung, to scare off giant ...

While poop is decidedly not on the menu for us humans, it’s a normal food for many animals. In one study in Tanzania, scientists remarked that hooded vultures showed more interest in protein-rich lion ...

On average, 220 pounds of dung can be produced daily by an adult elephant. ©MR.PRAWET THADTHIAM/Shutterstock.com Feces, dung, poop: words that never fail to make a 12-year-old boy laugh. But they have ...

Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a nutrient-rich environment for life to thrive despite glacier loss. Climate change is ...