Feces, dung, poop: words that never fail to make a 12-year-old boy laugh. But they have no place in highly advanced scientific processes, right? Well, that’s where you’d be wrong. Researchers ...

NEW BEDFORD -- Grab your bidding paddles and get ready for the most exciting auction of the year at Buttonwood Park Zoo in which you can bid on the prized possession of elephant poop. That's right, ...

Just like some people, elephants seem to prefer a rich palette of foods, research out this week suggests. Studying decades-old poop, researchers found that elephants tend to have diverse diets that ...

Feb. 6 (UPI) --The Memphis Zoo in Tennessee is celebrating Valentine's Day by giving fans the chance to send a cute red panda video to their sweethearts -- or a video of an elephant pooping to their ...

Vijendra Shekhawat was awestruck when he saw elephants for the first time. As an 18-year-old, on a visit to the historic Amber Fort in Jaipur, northern India, he was “amazed by the gigantic creatures” ...

The world is connected in surprising ways. A new study gives the latest example - how African elephant poop helps make American-made guitars. As NPR's Nate Rott reports, the study also comes with a ...