For humans, feces are last on the list of things we’d place near our mouth. In the animal world, that reaction does not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An adult koala eats a eucalyptus leaf. Joeys can't break down the toxic, fibrous plants on their own yet. Photograph By David ...

Sometimes, our dogs do strange things. Besides biting their dirty paws or rolling around in puddles, dogs occasionally drink from toilets or lick their butts. In other cases, your pup may even eat ...

When I was living in Chicago, my landlady had a wonderful golden retriever that was incredibly friendly, smart and fun to play with - but he had one ridiculous habit: he liked to eat his own poop.

It’s not uncommon for a dog to sniff around a yard, come across a pile of poop, and gobble it up. Or even to eat its own poop. It might sound quite disgusting, but lots of dogs will eat poop at some ...

Dogs have many interesting habits, but one of the strangest for us humans to understand is why our pets eat poo. The term for this behaviour is 'coprophagia', and whilst it’s certainly not the most ...

University of Melbourne provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. When miniature dachshund Valerie was captured after 529 days alone in the wilds of Australia’s Kangaroo Island, ...