Q: I'm taking my pet to a new veterinarian, and they've asked me to bring in a fecal sample. What's the best way to collect and store it, and how "fresh" does it need to be? A: That's great. Fecal ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A University of Michigan research team is collecting stool samples from people with norovirus ...

In a new study of aardvarks, researchers spent months in sub-Saharan Africa collecting poop from the animal and concluded that aridification of the landscape is isolating them, which they say could ...

P-33, a female mountain lion, seen in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in 2015. Credit: AP/REX/Shutterstock Mountain lions are elusive beasts, often traveling alone, undetected at ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

A University of Alabama biology professor is working to trace the origins of the pollution in Alabama’s river waters. But first she needs a few baggies of wild hog poop. Julie Olson, a professor and ...

Scientists have discovered that gut-born bacteria may hold the secret for treatments of everything from IBD to Parkinson’s ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The National Park Service is looking for volunteers to collect coyote poop in the Santa Monica Mountains for a study on the urban coyote population. "We're looking for people who ...