Parents of babies and pets don’t think twice about discussing their little ones’ poop. They laugh over vile diaper explosions, read Everyone Poops at bedtime, scoop up puppy dookie and ponder its ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system, which includes your ...

The number of bowel movements people experience depends on their personal anatomy, which includes their eating habits, their ...

For some people, the urge to poop -- or "drop the kids off at the pool," or however you want to refer to your daily ritual of releasing excrement from your body -- comes at the worst time, like when ...

You might stir from slumber to pee on occasion, but a sudden urge to poop in the middle of the night? Now, that’s a different story. And it might make you wonder why you’re pooping so much all of a ...

Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system, which includes your stomach and your intestines. But some of what you eat makes it all the way through those twists and turns and comes ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your ...