It’s something laboratory keepers have to watch. For rabbits and a variety of other small animals with plant-rich diets, poop-eating serves as a digestive workaround for not being a cow ...

Not only can their waste pose significant health risks by spreading parasites, but the animal behind the poop can also pose a ...

Similarly, dogs put in tight, small spaces – like overcrowded kennels ... Some dogs will eat other animals' poop – such as horses' – since the feces contain nutrients.

But during expeditions over the last ten years, Schmidt and his collaborators began noticing patches of plants, all of which seemed to have emerged from vicuña poop piles. Working with animal ...