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 ...

Most people have a preferred way of communication—phone, text, email—but bare-nosed wombats have an unusual way of relaying information. The Australian marsupial communicates by … there's no delicate ...

Poo anxiety, bashful bowels, shy bowel syndrome: they’re all terms for what’s medically known as parcopresis or difficulty pooping when you’re not at home. The Germans have given a name to this ...

“Trainwreck: Poop Cruise” recounts the 2013 engine room fire on the Carnival Triumph that left it stranded with thousands of passengers. The Netflix documentary features passenger footage and ...

If the thought of answering nature’s call in your office’s communal bathroom makes you break out in a sweat, you’re far from alone. Surveys show that a third of employees are scared to poop on the job ...

"That’s when poo products made from healthy donor poo are transplanted into another person to improve their health." New Atlas has covered fecal transplantation extensively, and there's growing ...

When most people think about donating body parts to science or medicine, they might think of life-saving donations of organs, tissues or blood. But you can also donate your poo. The idea is to use it ...

Everyone poops. But how often? Given the fact that modern society has, for good reason, sequestered the ritual to isolation, it’s normal to wonder what it’s like—and the frequency with which it ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The owner of a stately home in Denver’s Congress Park neighborhood is suing neighbors for harassment after they turned her property into a target for their ...

Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system, which includes your stomach and your intestines. But some of what you eat makes it all the way through those twists and turns and comes ...

The Dekoda scanner from Kohler is a smart camera that attaches to your toilet and evaluates what’s in the bowl. Kohler, a company best known for its plumbing fixtures, recently released the Dekoda ...

New England Water Environment Association is hosting Poo & Brew in New Bedford on Thursday. The unusual event pairs a tour of a water treatment facility with beer-tasting. After touring the facility ...