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

Dear Lucas: I have a particular neighbor who thinks it is OK to throw away dog poop bags in my trash can when the bins are at the street for pickup. I’m too shy to ask the person to stop, but I ...

Feces don’t get enough credit as food. The stinky stuff is not just an end product after food gets eaten, digested and finally discarded by animal guts. Poop can also be something nutritious, useful ...

I joined the adopt-a-spot program a few years ago and have been picking up trash in my two locations every few weeks. While a lot of the trash comes from people accidently or purposely dropping or ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to fix incorrect dates. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office last week looked into a report of a neighbor throwing dog poop into a nearby lawn, responded to ...