Most people think of animal poo as smelly brown waste. But for researchers from the University of Leicester, it's their ...

Can the feces of endangered species prevent disease from diabetes? Yes, say UK scientists, who discovered some “zoo poo” contains viruses called bacteriophages that can kill “superbugs,” including the ...

Professor Suzannah Williams wishes she didn’t have to spend her days analyzing poop samples. It’s a dirty job; but someone’s got to do it. Biodiversity is rapidly dwindling, with wildlife populations ...

Possibly there are more important things to discuss, but let’s pause a moment to talk about poop. The animals at the San Antonio Zoo generate enough dung to fill about two 20-cubic-yard dumpsters a ...

About six to eight times a year, Seattle gardeners hustle to Woodland Park Zoo to shovel animal manure into buckets, or into the backs of their pickup trucks. Five buckets cost $15. A truckload costs ...