Why do animals eat their own poop—and other animals’ too? This natural survival strategy, known as coprophagy, reveals how wildlife makes the most of every available resource.

Poop is on the menu for a surprising number of animals A new tally finds dozens of species willing to give food a second go-round Perfectly normal animals at times eat poop.

The habit of eating poop is called coprophagia, and it's actually pretty common in the animal kingdom. Other rodents do it, including mice, rats, and capybaras' closest relatives, guinea pigs.

One thing that almost all creatures have in common is that we all poop. For humans poop is mostly a unwanted inconvenience but when it comes to the rest of the animal kingdom it becomes much more ...

While poop is decidedly not on the menu for us humans, it’s a normal food for many animals. In one study in Tanzania, scientists remarked that hooded vultures showed more interest in protein ...