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Shari Edelson has received research funding from the National Park Service, the National Science Foundation and PACT Outdoors. B. Derrick Taff is an Assistant Dean of Research and Graduate Education ...

(THE CONVERSATION) If you’re one of the 63 million Americans who went hiking last year, chances are you’ve found yourself needing to go, with no toilet in sight. Aside from personal inconvenience, why ...

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A popular beach in Finland has been overrun by massive loads of goose droppings, leaving sunseekers tiptoeing through a minefield of poop as officials desperately scramble to clean up the repugnant ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Poop irregularities may be more “regular” than you ...

New York City’s dogs, by some estimates, produce about 27,000 tons of poop every year. Most of it ends up in landfills. But to everyday New Yorkers, it may seem like more and more dog poop is staying ...

On hot summer days, few things are more refreshing than a dip in the pool. But have you ever wondered if the pool is as clean as that crystal blue water appears? As an immunologist and infectious ...

While merrymakers seem to be having good clean fun in the pool, some are actually doing cringy stuff. Many swimmers are using the pool to wash their feet or their sandals, clogging the water with dirt ...