Many vegetarians who reject meat feel disgust which closely matches the aversion others feel to the idea of eating human flesh, faeces or dog meat, new research has found. A study led by the ...

Shortly after hatching, young squash bugs go on a mission to find and eat adults’ faeces so they can acquire bacteria they need to survive. They are forced into this unusual behaviour because they don ...

SINGAPORE — A 52-year-old woman who allegedly pretended to be the embodiment of a Indian goddess was handed several extra charges last week for offences such as forcing her "devotees" to eat human ...

New research explains how eating feces (known as coprophagy) shapes wild birds' digestive tracts (gut biota), enabling them to absorb lost or deficient nutrients and adjust to seasonal variations in ...