*There are food scandals, and then there are stories that make people question every roadside snack they’ve ever purchased. A ...

Thousands of hikers flock to Colorado's stunning Blue Lakes every year. They're leaving behind a massive trail of human waste ...

Scientists are deep-freezing human poop in a "doomsday" vault in Switzerland that already contains more than 1,000 fecal samples, and the researchers now say they want to amass 10,000 samples by 2029.

If you’re one of the 63 million Americans who went hiking last year, chances are you’ve found yourself needing to go, with no ...

The presence of human waste in sewage overflow or stormwater runoffs that ultimately find their way into rivers and lakes is a major public health hazard. As a result, it is imperative that water ...

“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: ...