To better understand the extinct giants, Qvarnström and his colleagues investigated overlooked fossils known as bromalites: remnants from the digestive system — aka dinosaur poop and vomit.

All of that poop was extensively analyzed by researchers ... Comparing that with the existing fossil record and climate data showed that dinosaurs were not picky eaters compared to some other ...

Fossilized Dinosaur Vomit and Poop Exposes a Surprising Jurassic Snack ... Perhaps most shockingly, however, is the age of the fossil. Lovelace and his colleagues used radioisotopic dating ...

Among the surprises: Poop often retains its hue and contours. “I guess that’s part of the beauty of fossils,” Allen-Carlson said. “They get covered fast enough that their degradation is stopped. All ...

In Hong Kong, Eurasian otters were feared extinct but rediscovered at a nature reserve on the mainland in the 1980s. Ever since, the “elusive” species “has only been reported sporadically,” and its ...

Once you get over the ick factor, new technologies are efficiently transforming human waste into agricultural solutions.

Founder George Frandsen says he was motivated by the "glaring absence of coprolite [fossilised poop] representation ... one as a teenager in a rock and fossil shop in Utah, having already been ...