Feces are a valuable tool in the world of animal identification. It might sound gross, but it’s one of the best ways to determine an animal’s behavior. An animal’s poop, known as scat, tells you where ...

Feces, dung, poop: words that never fail to make a 12-year-old boy laugh. But they have no place in highly advanced ...

Smithsonian researchers used fecal samples to identify specific wild swift foxes. This method allows for non-invasive monitoring, which reduces stress for the animals. Wes Overvold, Smithsonian’s ...

For humans, feces are last on the list of things we’d place near our mouth. In the animal world, that reaction does not ...

Scientists from the Smithsonian have successfully used swift fox droppings to identify individual animals and collect other data vital to monitoring a reintroduced population in Montana. Ellie ...

While poop is decidedly not on the menu for us humans, it’s a normal food for many animals. In one study in Tanzania, scientists remarked that hooded vultures showed more interest in protein-rich lion ...

After braving cold weather and snowy roads on the morning of Jan. 20, visitors to Lake Metroparks’ Jordan Creek Park got the scoop on animal droppings. Families had the chance to look for the deposits ...