Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An elephant pictured at Chester Zoo in England. - Chester Zoo Professor Suzannah Williams wishes she didn’t have to spend her days ...

Would you dig through animal excrement if you knew you would find a diamond? Wildlife researchers at the University of Oxford, Revive & Restore, and Chester Zoo are collecting feces from animals for a ...

Scientists at the University of Leicester are hoping the collection of poo from tigers, elephants, giraffes and other exotic animals, could contain the secret to finding new medical treatments.

Professor Suzannah Williams wishes she didn’t have to spend her days analyzing poop samples. It’s a dirty job; but someone’s got to do it. Biodiversity is rapidly dwindling, with wildlife populations ...