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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 ...

It’s not exactly glamorous, but animal poop might be one of nature’s most underrated power tools. From regenerating soil to fuelling ecosystems, dung isn’t just something to step around—it’s a key ...

River otter poop is the perfect for Katrina Lohan's research as it contains DNA from worms, fish, and other organisms, including parasites. Image: National Zoo River otters are unequivocally cute. But ...

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.

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 ...