Parasite, zombie, leech—these words are often used to describe people in unkind ways. Many of us recoil when ticks, tapeworms ...

If you’ve ever welcomed a kitten into your home (or are about to), there’s a good chance the topic of cat worms has (or will) ...

So a team of researchers recently explored another aspect of the fossil record: fossilized feces and vomit, known as bromalites. In a new study, the scientists used these materials to re-create how ...

When my mom first told me about this $500 automatic litter box she'd read about somewhere, my eyes just about popped out of my head thinking about spending that much on a thing that my cats poop in.

Cats like to be up high so they can see everything that's going on, and this gives them another place to climb and scratch that's not your expensive furniture. Plus, the adorable view of them dozing ...

Paradoxical diarrhea happens when loose, watery stool finds a way around hardened, impacted stool in your colon and leaks from your anus. Also called overflow diarrhea, it’s often a symptom of a ...

This is because bacteria in cat feces are capable of transmitting parasites that could affect the human brain during critical developmental stages. THE BASICS Researchers in several articles this ...

Spores from the bat guano (poop), which is commonly used as a cannabis fertilizer, contained a harmful fungus responsible for the deaths. Scientists say exposure to bat guano among cannabis ...

Pigeons that do somersaults, snakes that fake death with extra flair and surprised canines are among the organisms that enthralled the Science News staff.

She indulges her penchant for physical expression by having Maggie and at least one other character prowl over the piano like a cat, and just about gets away with it. There’s less wit and ...

Two men in upstate New York died from pneumonia after using bat feces as fertilizer to grow cannabis. The 64 year old and 59 year old had smoked marijuana tainted with a fungus found in the guano ...