Dung beetles’ diet was likely developed on dinosaur droppings
Dung beetles today famously scurry around the world, collecting other animals’ poop to both eat and lay eggs in.
Dung beetles today famously scurry around the world, collecting other animals’ poop to both eat and lay eggs in.
The first, and most important thing my kids need to know on this topic, is that we do not throw poop.
If you’ve ever complained about feeling smelly and sweaty on a hot day, it may help to put some things in perspective.
Among the multitudes of odd and inventive things that animals do with their poop, the strangest practice of all may be to avoid pooping in the first place.
Leave it to a second grader to compare animal droppings to desserts, but upon seeing the oddity that is wombat poop, my daughter immediately brought up how much they look like well-roasted, jet-puffed marshmallows. And really, she’s not wrong— wombat poop is very unusually cubic in nature, with six mostly-flat sides and rounded edges that don’t […]
I may have permanently stained my three-year-old’s perception of astronauts when I told him they occasionally have to wear diapers.
Many animals have the sense to defecate in certain locations, usually away from food and water sources.
As anyone with diaper-changing experience knows, even a quick glance at someone’s poop can reveal a lot about a person.
Part of the charm of a koala is how calm and gentle they seem.
The word ‘poop’ was first written down over 600 years ago, in reference to the rear deck of a ship.