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![This micrograph shows Clostridium difficile bacteria.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sN4Kdj9yqEXMVHdGZtXRZF-320-80.jpg)
For Fecal Transplants, Frozen Poop Just as Good
By Martta Kelly last updated
![Wee water bears can survive conditions that would be deadly to most other animals.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WPAYVr75UgqFRntW7dbojH-320-80.jpg)
Tardigrades hitch risky rides inside snail bellies, then escape in their poop
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scientists recently found that tardigrades can travel by snail to reach new destinations that were otherwise beyond their reach.
![Worms scavenging the brain of a Miocene fossil stargazer produced the many hundreds of tiny fossilized fecal pellets seen here. This is the first skull known from the fossil record to have its braincase completely filled with fossilized poop.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HKJcdBLwxqLX5vUkh7btDV-320-80.jpg)
'Wonderfully-shaped feces' found inside ancient fish skull. What left the pretty poops?
By Mindy Weisberger published
About 9 million years ago, marine worms burrowed into a dead fish's head and left behind a skull full of fossilized poop.
![photo of a hippo sticking its head out of the water with its mouth wide open](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C2byrjE8qkwxGhd3zsSECe-320-80.jpg)
Hippos unleash poop tornado in response to stranger danger
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Hippos respond differently to the calls of familiar and unfamiliar hippos.
![photo of a flushing toilet shown from above](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Sn2EtViiyDjko9Zo5uG9Rg-320-80.jpg)
How often you poop may be (partly) written in your genes
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A new study aimed to find genetic risk factors for irritable bowel syndrome.
![A humpback whale feeds off the coast of California](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fxpy4a3nLsi33CjmZstoQ5-320-80.jpg)
Baleen whales eat three times more than scientists once thought
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Baleen whales' eating habits trigger ripple effects through the entire ocean food web.
![A plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae ) outside of a nest hole, in Sichuan Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AfuUyxHMTTkapchJGMeZrW-320-80.jpg)
Real-life Pikachus eat yak poop to survive Tibetan winters
By Patrick Pester published
Pikas eat yak poop to help them survive winters at high altitudes on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in Asia.
![Video clip of giant sea cucumber pooping out a log of sand](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qyg2b9MGiMAhF88EL6GJMJ-320-80.gif)
Sea cucumbers pinch out '5 Eiffel Towers worth' of poop per reef, per year
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Sea cucumbers poop an incredible amount — and that's really important.
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