Three-quarters of your poop consists of water and most of the rest is food your body didn’t digest. Once it exits the digestive system, poop is usually a shade of brown, regardless of the appearance ...

Most people rarely discuss their bathroom habits, but paying attention to changes in your stool can provide crucial insights into your overall health. When your bowel movements become sticky, oily, or ...

Although the first stool of your baby, called meconium, might be strange to see, it tells you a lot about how your baby is ...

Sarah Hudgens is a content pro with over 15 years of experience writing and editing copy for a wide range of industry verticals and channels. Qin Rao, MD, is a board-certified physician based in New ...

Defecation is commonly treated as a universal feature of animal life, a visible outcome of digestion and metabolic turnover. In biological terms, however, waste handling takes multiple forms, shaped ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why is my poop brown? – Ethan J., age 9, Potomac ...