We explain the sudden urge to poop in bookstores, known as the Mariko Aoki phenomenon.

If you’ve ever been struck by urgent signals from your bowels in the middle of a work meeting, a first date, or a milestone event, it may have felt like the worst possible time to need to go. You ...

Axolotls are an incredible species, well known for their stylish looks, pretty pink coloring, and ability to regenerate. Unfortunately, these remarkable creatures are critically endangered. Scientists ...

For just US$600, you can finally say goodbye to the tedious hassle of snapping pictures of your excrement every day in the bathroom – Kohler's new camera will automatically do it for you. Wait, you're ...

Dozens of exotic animals — including 20 axolotls kept in the same tank — were seized from an Oklahoma City home this month after investigators said their owner failed to provide the care needed to ...

In a paper published in the journal Cell, researchers documented how this body-wide response in axolotl salamanders is triggered by the sympathetic nervous system—the iconic "fight or flight" network.

Asian palm civets eat coffee cherries, digest the fruit, and excrete the beans. Collectors wash the feces off the beans, process them, and sell them for up to $400 per kilogram. Coffee shops then ...

The world’s most prized coffee comes from partially digested beans pooped out by the Asian palm civet. Now, researchers are delving into why this “civet coffee” is so tasty. New chemical analyses of ...

Once upon a time, in a cave just north of Durango, Mexico, someone took a poop. In fact, it was quite a few someones, and these events were spread out over quite a bit of time—from about 725 A.D. to ...

Coffee afficionados know that there are a myriad of brewing methods, bean varieties, and processing techniques that go into making that perfect cup of joe. But out of reach for many of them is an ...