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 ...

Margaret Cho sacrificed an “all-white” outfit — and her car — to a weight-loss drug decades ago. The comedian admitted on the “How to Fail With Elizabeth Day” podcast Wednesday that she “couldn’t ...

The Below Deck Mediterranean crew is used to some difficult charter guests causing a stink — metaphorically, that is — but nothing could have prepared them for when someone pooped in their shower and ...

A caganer is a typical fixture of Catalan Christmas (Josep Lago via Getty Images) “This is my little brother’s favourite thing in my house,” Lamine Yamal says to the camera. In a YouTube video ...

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 ...

Nadeem O. Kaakoush receives funding from Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council, and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation (US). BiomeBank and Centre for Digestive Diseases, mentioned ...

As Mathilde Poyet ushers me through the Global Microbiome Conservancy’s laboratory in Kiel, Germany, I’m met with all sorts of state-of-the-art equipment. It’s an impressive facility, with typical lab ...

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 ...

It has been described as nutty, chocolatey, earthy and even fishy: a wildly expensive coffee that can sell for more than 100 times the price of regular brews, made from beans eaten and excreted by ...

For just US$600, you can finally say goodbye to the tedious hassle of snapping pictures of your excrement every day in the bathroom – Kohler's new camera will automatically do it for you. Wait, you're ...