Playgrounds are “hotspots” for dangerous parasites found in dog poop, according to new Irish ... in people including asthma and epilepsy. The worms can spread to the liver, lungs, or the ...

T. canis is one of the most common dog parasites around, with roughly 11% of the world’s canines thought to be carrying these ...

some with worms. And it wasn’t her dog’s poop. Kudos for doing the nasty task and keeping tally of their daily progress but shame on the dog owners who won the lottery and didn’t have time t ...

James Cook University scientists have found stonefish toxins could be used to fight parasitic worm infections suffered by ...

It's come down to this. I never imagined I would be writing about dog crap for a column, but here I am after an incident in my neighborhood sparked, to put it mildly, a lively discussion with a ...

It's come down to this. I never imagined I would be writing about dog crap for a column, but here I am after an incident in my neighborhood sparked, to put it mildly, a lively discussion with a ...

The pathogens Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium are common causes of sometimes-fatal intestinal diseases in humans, ...

It's also that time when people resume long neighborhood walks with pets. But often those walks are interrupted with the unpleasant appearance of dog poop in parks — and even on your neighbor's lawn.

A dog-and-human partnership is taking their act out to sea with remarkable results. NPR shared the story of Jack, a blue heeler mix, and Collette Yee, a bounder, in tracking down elusive whale poop ...

Colonoscopy prep is complete once your poop is a light yellow with no dark particles. You'll need to follow a specific low-residue diet to empty your colon. During this process, your stool will change ...