So if you happen to notice they’re darker than usual, it’s understandable to wonder, “Why is my poop black?” If your poop is just black, it could just be something you ate. But if it’s ...

A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature sheds some new light on how that came to be, and the research behind it has a whole lot to do with one thing: fossilized dinosaur poop.

Dr. Wendi, a California-based board-certified gastroenterologist — or as she says, a legitimate poop doctor — is on hand and bowel with her recommendations for constipation treatments ...

To better understand the extinct giants, Qvarnström and his colleagues investigated overlooked fossils known as bromalites: remnants from the digestive system — aka dinosaur poop and vomit.

Here’s how it works. Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how the dinosaurs rose to power — by studying dino puke and poop. The findings, published Nov. 27 in the journal ...

A person’s rectum, which is usually around 20 centimeters (cm) long, can hold up to 300 milliliters (mL) of feces before someone typically feels an urge to poop. However, research suggests that ...

Over the last quarter century, a team of paleontologists has collected and studied coprolites—fossilized poop—and dinosaur vomit, millions of years old, from what is now Poland. The team has ...

When paleontologist Martin Qvarnström began peering inside 230-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur dung using an advanced X-ray technology, he wasn’t sure he’d see anything of interest.

[Related: The Poozeum: Fossilized bug farts, T. rex poop, and more ancient coprolites.] According to the team, the study addresses a 30-million-year gap in our understanding of dinosaur evolution.

This sculpture is the talk of a town on the south coast of England. News of the new art installation has reached far and wide because of the resemblance, much to the surprise of the artist.

Researchers have conducted what could be the largest study ever of dinosaur poop. The findings shed new light on how dinosaur's diets allowed them to dominate the planet. The analysis of hundreds ...