From unconditional love to Insta-worthy photos, dog ownership comes with an endless list of perks—but poop duty, alas, is not one of them. Unless your pup consistently does their business in your ...

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Amelia Ti is a Registered Dietitian (RD) and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) based in NYC. She completed her Bachelor's in Nutrition & Dietetics at NYU and Master's in Applied ...

When you need to poop, you probably just do your business, flush and go. But before you flush, you should take a look at what actually comes out. It might not be the most pleasant ritual, but your ...

Black poop can be caused by foods or medications. Stool may also be black becasue of blood in the digestive tract, known as melena. A small drop of red blood is usually due to minor hemorrhoids but ...

Last month, Gizmodo got an email from WastewaterSCAN, a company that monitors sewage for traces of infectious disease. The outfit had a pitch for us: February 12th is “National Poop Day,” the company ...

Sometimes, dogs do strange things. Beyond rolling in mud puddles or biting themselves, your pet might drink from toilets or lick its butt. In other cases, it may eat its own poop or, worse, the poop ...

You probably don’t think of your poop as art or a book, but each time you finish doing your, um, business, your fecal matter tells a story. That’s because we are what we eat, and whatever we eat ...

Stool is normally brown due to the processes and chemical reactions that take place in your gut during digestion. Some health conditions, foods, and medications may change stool’s color. Poop’s brown ...

Qin Rao, MD, is a board-certified physician based in New York City. He currently works as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Manhattan Gastroenterology. Grey poop can be caused by liver issues ...

Charlie Curtis inserted his mom's poop into his rectum for years as a DIY treatment for his debilitating Crohn's disease.Keith Beaty/ Getty A mom donated her feces to her son for DIY "poop transplants ...

You’ve gotta have a can-doo attitude when choosing to live off the grid. Heating up a meal in the microwave or oven isn’t always feasible for nonconformists, who prefer surviving on nature’s bounty to ...