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When you're backed up, the solution to how to poop immediately might be as simple as what's on your plate. Fortunately, there are plenty of foods that can help you get things moving fast. You can ...

Orange stools can be caused by foods that are orange in color (either natural or artificial color, which tends to last much longer and have deeper color). Orange poop can also happen after taking ...

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.

Pebble poop—small, hard pellet-like stool—is usually a sign of constipation. By increasing your fiber and fluid intake, you can usually go back to having normal stools. Severe cases may require more ...

“This means more wave-like contractions of your intestines and a good poop coming to a toilet near you.” The vagus nerve, which is the longest cranial nerve, plays a crucial role in vital ...

Poop comes in all colors (and smells and textures), including many shades of brown, green or yellow. In general, these colors are normal and variations in these colors do NOT indicate that anything is ...

One of the artists behind a sculpture on a West Sussex nature reserve has defended it against accusations that it looks like a poo emoji. The Periwinkle Shelter, on the Medmerry reserve at ...

Faeces and vomit fossils from dinosaurs reveal how the animals evolved to rule Earth. The study, which was published in Nature on 27 November, analysed hundreds of pieces of fossilized digestive ...

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 ...