Escaping through a predator's butt is a common strategy for prey

Some have evolved to just survive, but other species actively seek out being pooped out

Sahana Sitaraman, National Centre for Biological Sciences, India

September 28, 2020

Anuses can have teeth, farts can be weapons, butts can be homes: an interview with a farts expert

Max G. Levy, Science and Health Journalism

September 21, 2020

How safe is the DNA in your poop from unwanted snooping?

Jennifer Tsang, Microbiology

September 14, 2020

Conservation dogs can track individual beavers by the scent of their anal secretions

Jazmin Murphy, Ecology

September 7, 2020

How did human butts evolve to look that way?

Darcy Shapiro, Rutgers University

2 peer comments

August 31, 2020

Cats communicate with the help of bacteria living in their butts

Lauren Sara McKee, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

1 peer comment

December 1, 2019

Ancient dog bones tell us what was on the menu for both dogs and humans

Jaime Chambers, Washington State University

3 peer comments

September 2, 2019

What can ancient dog poop reveal about an ecosystem?

Allison Fritts-Penniman, Ecology

July 5, 2018