(Kimmig & Bicknell, Trends Ecol. Evol., 2026) We may owe our very existence to an ancient poop explosion. If the earliest animals hadn't been such prolific poopers, life might not have diversified ...

Is it the theory of evo-poo-tion? While poop may seem like a revolting subject, it could could also be responsible for life ...

In the first 20 million years of the Cambrian period, Earth experienced an explosion of life—a great evolutionary era dubbed ...

Life as we know it wouldn’t be what is today without a lot of poop. In fact, Earth may have never hosted any life at all ...

But now, a review study published today in Trends in Ecology & Evolution hypothesizes that the ecosystem overhaul was also fueled by an explosion of poop.  In a modern ocean, animal excrement is a key ...

As all children learn, everyone poos. But when did this begin? And what evolutionary and environmental changes accompanied ...

Our new research suggests the evolution of fecal matter helped fuel one of the most important events in the history of life on Earth: the Cambrian explosion ...

An international study led by Flinders University has found a fertile area of inspiration to explain an important step in ...