History remembers warriors for their conquests and kings for their reigns. But this one Viking left behind something more ...

In the late 1950s, archaeologists discovered a cave in the Rio Zape Valley of Mexico. There were ancient human remains in the cave dated to between 660 and 1430 A.D., many of which belonged to ...

Human waste usually gets flushed away, but instead of going down the toilet, it can help the planet and solve global fertilizer shortages, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings ...

Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park is dealing with an overload of human poop in wilderness areas, and park officials are considering installing a permanent toilet in at least one backcountry area to ...

“Poop is central to the story of how dogs came into our lives," write Duke University dog researchers Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods in their wonderful new book, Survival of the Friendliest: ...