Gilbert’s potoroo, a rabbit-sized marsupial once thought extinct, survives in only a few protected pockets. It doesn’t eat like most animals. More than 90% of its diet consists of fungi, much of it ...

For millennia we've had written records of ancient doctors prescribing medicine with poop in it, but until very recently, we've never had the proof.

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 ...

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When you think of animal poop, you probably imagine something round or long and thin. However, an animal called the 'wombat' that lives in Australia actually produces square, cube-like poop. Moreover, ...