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Bird droppings on cars are not only unsightly, they're actually little chemical attacks that can seriously damage the paint finish.

Slow clap for sea cucumbers, whose excretory achievements could help slow climate change damage to the Great Barrier Reef.

Learn the difference between male and female turkey poop if you need a gross Thanksgiving conversation topic.

NASA's new-and-improved space toilet has a redesigned seat that should be more accommodating to female astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Sometimes bad jokes can be for a good cause.

How far would you go for a cheap joke? One guy cycled 69 miles a day for over a month. But he had reasons beyond a punchline.

Cows can digest tough materials much better than humans, which is a testament to the near-indestructibility of corn.

A piece of fatberg from the sewer systems under London's Whitechapel neighborhood on display at the Museum of London. And if you think this piece is gross, you should have seen the fatberg when it was in the sewer.

Lurking in the sewer systems under your feet is a threat so horrifying, so disgusting, that the mere mention of it sends a shiver down the spines of sanitation specialists everywhere. Here’s what you need to know about fatbergs.

Toilets have always sent contaminants into the air, but the coronavirus pandemic is giving new urgency to the practice of closing the lid whenever possible.

When it breaks down, poop from king penguins releases nitrous oxide—a gas that affects both the environment and the scientists who study it.

Not the actual northern curly-tailed lizard with the epic poop.

Explore a 3D-model of a lizard's record-setting poop, formed by its taste for pizza grease, that will haunt the halls of eternity.

In 1973, Johnny Carson accidentally prompted mass panic over toilet paper.

Late-night host Johnny Carson thought he was making an innocent joke about a shortage of toilet paper. Then the panic buying began.

Consumers are used to options, but with toilet paper, it's white or nothing. The reason why is a little messy.

Charmin toilet paper icon Mr. Whipple in 1999.

Dick Wilson, the star of more than 500 Charmin toilet paper commercials, became one of the most recognizable faces in the country.

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Not everyone wanted to stare at a chamber pot all day. With this volume, people could cover up their waste receptacle and seem well-read all at the same time.

In an effort to boost workplace productivity, an English toilet manufacturer designed a commode that's unbearable to sit on after five minutes.

In an effort to substantiate an old tale of an Inuit who crafted a knife out of feces, a Kent State University professor attempted to forge a similar tool from his own poop. The results stunk.

Chimpanzees in captivity are known to throw their own poop at visitors. What's behind this crappy behavior?

The durable little killifish egg can travel along the swan's digestive tract and later hatch, which might explain how some fish wind up in isolated freshwater locations.

The company's Forever roll of toilet paper is up to 12 inches in diameter, reducing the need to change rolls.

Astronaut Scott Kelly used cotton swabs to take samples of his fecal matter. He then sealed it in tubes and sent it back to Earth via rocket.

Antarctica is one of the last pristine places on Earth. The only problem? The scientists and tourists who travel there keep defecating.

Climbers face many risks while scaling Denali: avalanches, altitude sickness, bears, and now, melting piles of poop.

Mt. Everest's Tibetan base camp is now closed to tourists. Permitted climbers who do make the trek have to bring their poop back with them. Here's why.

The warty comb jelly forms an anus only when it needs to defecate, and it may hold clues to how the anus evolved millions of years ago.

Can Bird Poop Damage Cars?

Sea Cucumbers on One Coral Reef Drop Several Eiffel Towers’ Worth of Poop Each Year—and That’s a Good Thing

Need to Know the Sex of a Wild Turkey? Look at Its Poop

NASA Has Redesigned the Space Toilet for Female Astronauts

A Man Cycled More Than 2500 Miles From Poo Poo Point, Washington, to Pee Pee Creek, Ohio

Surprise: Cows Poop Corn Kernels, Too

15 Fascinating Facts About Fatbergs

Flushing a Toilet Could Create a Cloud of Coronavirus-Contaminated Droplets

Penguin Poop Makes So Much Laughing Gas That Scientists Studying It Go ‘Completely Cuckoo’

What a Lizard Poop of Epic Proportions Is Teaching Scientists

Wiped Out: When Johnny Carson Helped Cause a Toilet Paper Shortage in 1973

The Reason Toilet Paper Is Always White

The Big Squeeze: How Mr. Whipple Made Advertising History

Bathroom Reading: This 18th Century Toilet Was Disguised as a Book

Sloped Toilet Seats Are Here to Boost Your Productivity and Break Your Spirit

An Exercise in Poo-Tility: Scientist Tries to Make a Knife Out of Poop

Why Do Chimpanzees Throw Poop?

Some Fish Eggs Can Hatch After Being Pooped Out by Swans

Charmin Thinks Its Forever Roll Is the Perfect Toilet Paper for Millennials

NASA Reveals How Living in Space for a Year Affected Scott Kelly’s Poop

Where Does All the Human Poop in Antarctica End Up?

Global Warming Could Soften 66 Tons of Human Poop at Alaska’s Denali National Park

Determined to Climb Mt. Everest? You May Have to Carry Some Poop

For the First Time, Scientists Find Jellyfish-Like Animal With ‘Transient’ Anus