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ECOSYSTEMS ARE complex things, and monitoring their health is hard. To track every species would be impossible, so ecologists commonly focus on those that, like canaries in coal mines, are thought to ...

A cruel daughter has been jailed after allowing her vulnerable, disabled mother to die in her own filth. Colleen Sayegh, 38, pleaded guilty to negligent care of a dependent person and was sentenced to ...

At least 50% of human faeces is made up of bacteria shed from the gut The make-up of the bacteria found in human faeces may influence levels of dangerous fat in our bodies, say researchers from King's ...

Possum faeces contains bacteria that could cause flesh-eating ulcers in humans, scientists have warned. The buruli ulcer is described by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as being a “chronic ...

A mum who allegedly left her four kids covered in faeces in a house of horrors has been arrested after police were left "heartbroken" by the horrific conditions. Authorities in Louisiana, US, were ...

Toilet testing company Maximum Performance has developed dummy poo made out of extruded soybean paste in order to assess how well a particular toilet's flush performs. Soybean paste is used to create ...

Dog faeces can still be troublesome thousands of years after being dumped. Archaeologists can end up in deep doodoo if they mistake it for human faeces. But now an artificial intelligence system has ...

Shocking footage captured the moment 40 dogs were rescued from a tiny apartment living in under a FOOT of faeces. The dogs ...

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The 20-year-old's aunt, who went to rescue her, was also allegedly assaulted. A 20-year-old tribal woman was allegedly assaulted and human faeces were forced into her mouth in Odisha's Bolangir ...

At least 50% of human faeces is made up of bacteria shed from the gut The make-up of the bacteria found in human faeces may influence levels of dangerous fat in our bodies, say researchers from King's ...