Nose-picking is a habit many of us would rather not admit to, but it's nearly universal. The act itself, followed by the consumption of what you find, might seem like nothing more than a bad habit or ...

Let’s face it: everyone has picked their nose at some point, but what happens when that habit takes a surprising twist? Booger eating, or mucophagy, is one of those behaviours people laugh about but ...

What is picking your nose a sign of? Picking your nose isn't likely something you do in public. It's unsanitary and uncomfortable for others to witness; in some cases, you could even be hurting ...

Aye-ayes, the scraggly, bug-eyed, spindly-fingered lemurs of Madagascar, have historically been demonized by humans for their unusual and unappealing anatomy. But the species is going to have to get ...

After a long day at work you get home and your kiddo comes running up to you. The best part? His finger is in his nose — you know, "digging for gold." If nose picking and the boogers that either get ...

Aye-ayes are true champions of nose picking. A new video offers the first evidence that these nocturnal lemurs of Madagascar stick their fingers up their noses and lick off the mucus. They don’t use ...

A new study in aye-ayes is the first to review nose picking in primates and reports the first evidence of the habit in lemurs. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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Mark Patrick Taylor received funding via an Australian Government Citizen Science Grant (2017-2020), CSG55984 ‘Citizen insights to the composition and risks of household dust’ (the DustSafe project).