Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Having ongoing pale poop can be due to conditions that affect the liver or bile duct.Treatment involves medications, surgeries, and lifestyle changes to restore ...

What Does Stringy Poop Mean? The shape and texture of your poop can give you important clues about what’s happening inside your digestive system. Normal, healthy poop is usually medium to light brown, ...

Man’s best friend can be crappy for the environment. The 78 million dogs in America collectively produce 10 million tons of poop each year — enough to fill a line of fully-loaded tractor trailers ...

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, people have poop that's so dark it looks black. It might also have a sticky consistency, like that of tar. If your poop is black, it might be due to a change in your diet, a new medicine ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You may have heard there’s poop bacteria getting sprayed all over ...

Healthy poop typically sinks to the bottom of the toilet bowl. You may have floating poop temporarily if you have an illness. But regular floaters can indicate a health condition. Share on Pinterest ...

This story originally featured on Field & Stream. A lot of things will lie to you in your life, but not poop. Close examination of animal scat will help you identify not only the species but how ...

The next time you ponder your poop before you flush, one thing to keep in mind is that your feces passed through a lot of important organs on their way out. (And if you don’t take a peek, well, ...

Look, we all know that poop is not supposed to smell good. But if the stench of your stool suddenly becomes so out-of-this-world, you may wonder, “Why does my poop smell so bad?” A stench that ...

If you live or recreate anywhere in the United States, odds are you’ve walked past (or stepped in) deer poop. Whether you spend time in city parks, the backcountry, or just your vegetable garden, ...