"Nothing says 'I love you' more than symbolically naming a barnacle, rhino poop or a leech after a cherished friend, significant other or family member," the zoo writes on Instagram. "This Valentine's ...

Urban expansion brings wildlife closer to people, creating new pathways for viruses to spread from animals into human communities.

Purrs of contentment. Soulful eyes locked on yours over dinner. Valentine's Day? Not for pet owners. For those of us who share our lives with animals, this is a daily—if not exactly ...

The Brevard Zoo offers the public to name a pest – leeches, barnacle or rhino poop – after an ex. The public can receive a ...

For a small donation, the cats of the Scituate Animal Shelter can make their own 'donation' on a Valentine dedicated to your ex.

Here’s the scoop: The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, United States, is giving people the chance to name a pile of animal poop after their ex. Yes, really. While it may sound cheeky, the initiative is all ...

Maize farmers in Peru’s Chincha Valley were fertilizing their crops with seabird poop as early as the year 1250 ...

Valentine’s Day has a fixed image. Red hearts. Dinner tables booked days in advance. Social media feeds full of couple photos ...

It’s not considered polite to talk about it, but we all do it. Some of us are in and out so quickly that nobody would even know we were gone. Others quietly get up from the sofa, tuck a newspaper ...

Maryland Zoo’s Valentine’s fundraiser invites people to name animal dung after ex-partners. The campaign uses humour to raise funds for conservation and animal welfare.

You think you are the only one who knows about ‘petty revenges’? Well, wait till you see how the Maryland Zoo in the US does ...

Stool transplants are cutting-edge experimental procedures, but using poop as medicine is hardly a modern idea.