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.

GLP-1 medications can alter bowel movements, with constipation and diarrhea being the most common side effects. These drugs slow digestion to help control appetite, which can lead to changes in stool ...

There’s an ethical quandary that has plagued internet users for nearly 15 years. It’s not life or death, and it’s not about playing god. For some people, it’s not an ethical quandary at all, and ...

The snow is finally, mercifully melting. Unfortunately, its replacement is not much better. “There’s dog poop everywhere,” said Karsen Kelsey, a 27-year-old living in Brighton who went out to enjoy ...

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 ...

If we’re being totally honest here, most people are a little obsessed with poop. It makes sense. While talking about poop is considered taboo in pop culture, it’s a consistent activity in your ...

When homeschooling, parents have to be resourceful to teach the notorious section of biology that calls for dissection. Dissecting a frog or another animal is a pivotal high school lab memory for many ...

A revolting reality has emerged as the snow from January’s storm melts away: New York City's dog owners don’t scoop their pets' poop from the sidewalks. Sidewalks throughout the five boroughs resemble ...

The city is currently a dog-shit nightmare. There’s no other way to say it. Dog owners seem to have taken January’s snowstorm as carte blanche to violate an already tenuous social contract: They have ...

Seabird poop, along with food waste, feathers and carcasses, accumulates as guano, which is prized as a nutrient-rich fertilizer. Richard McManus via Getty Images Before the Inca civilization rose to ...

Thirteen miles off the coast of Peru lies a trio of islands with mountainous piles of guano, nicknamed “white gold.” This seabird poop mixed with other waste is such a powerful nitrogen deposit that ...