Q: I recently had a flagstone patio installed in my backyard. I love the patio, but I also love having my bird feeder, so the flagstones are covered with bird poop. I routinely take down the feeder at ...

When bird droppings build up into a caked-on mess inches deep, a proper cleanup can look like a hazardous-waste scene, complete with workers in protective clothing and full-face respirators. Large ...

Bird poop: not a topic most people take interest in. However, fascinating discoveries are being made from the feces of one slowly disappearing bird in the U.K. Researchers are analyzing pied ...

It turns out that streaked shearwaters, a large species of seabird, are not unlike children. Just as children seem to inevitably need a bathroom break two minutes into a car ride, the birds poop ...

First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round, tank-like shells, they trundle out of the Delaware Bay under the first full moon in May to mate and lay their eggs. The birds soon follow.

Every day, I clean three cat litter boxes, then walk the dog, poop bag in hand. So, you can imagine what I thought when we woke up one morning to find a large amount of bird droppings on our patio.

If you’re like me, you like your car to look clean, inside and out. I can tolerate some dust from the road, but bird poop? That’s a different story. Since my car is black, even the smallest mess ...