Sometimes, our dogs do strange things. Besides biting their dirty paws or rolling around in puddles, dogs occasionally drink from toilets or lick their butts. In other cases, your pup may even eat ...

Sometimes, dogs do strange things. Beyond rolling in mud puddles or biting themselves, your pet might drink from toilets or lick its butt. In other cases, it may eat its own poop or, worse, the poop ...

Sometimes, dogs do strange things. Beyond rolling in mud puddles or biting themselves, your pet might drink from toilets or lick its butt. In other cases, it may eat its own poop or, worse, the poop ...

It’s not uncommon for a dog to sniff around a yard, come across a pile of poop, and gobble it up. Or even to eat its own poop. It might sound quite disgusting, but lots of dogs will eat poop at some ...

Hamsters engage in coprophagy, specifically eating cecotropes, a vital digestive process for nutrient absorption from their fibrous diets. These nutrient-rich droppings, produced in the cecum, provide ...

It’s normal for your dog to participate in a little shit-eating—but we understand if you’d like it to stop. In the animal kingdom, eating poop is a common occurrence that happens on a spectrum. Bunny ...

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 ...

If you have ever spotted your hamster quickly turning around, grabbing a fresh dropping, and eating it as if it were a tiny snack, you might feel confused or even a bit shocked. But for hamsters, ...

“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: ...

“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: ...