No matter what kind of animal you are, chances are you’re going to have to poop at one point or another. After the body takes in food and it passes through the digestive system, the leftovers your ...

Answering nature's call was once a nightmare for Rashida Begum, who had to creep around the jungle for a suitably private spot. Her home had no toilet, like the thousands of others in her crowded ...

Children with functional constipation often report that they do not feel the urge to defecate. A recent study has used colonic manometry to show that these children are aware of the urge to defecate, ...

I enjoyed Jason Bittel's article on sloths (23/30 December 2017, p 44). I was perplexed, however, by the statement that the reason sloths climb down to the forest floor to defecate, then bury the mess ...