Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dog owners who don't scoop their pets’ poop can create unhealthy and frustrating problems for neighbors. Now, as Bradley Blackburn ...

Nobody looks forward to scooping poop, but your dog’s daily deposit holds more information than you might think. That humble pile in the grass holds clues about digestion, diet, hydration, and even ...

A dog DNA test will be able to trace abandoned poop to pet owners, in an effort by an Italian city's government to dish out more fines. Almost 40,000 dogs living in Bolzano will be registered in a ...

The city is currently a dog-shit nightmare. There’s no other way to say it. Dog owners seem to have taken January’s snowstorm as carte blanche to violate an already tenuous social contract: They have ...

Around 6.5 million tons of [mostly] plastic-wrapped dog poop winds up in landfills in the United States every year. As most cities see it, that’s the only safe option. Unlike wildlife scat, which ...

A revolting reality has emerged as the snow from January’s storm melts away: New York City's dog owners don’t scoop their pets' poop from the sidewalks. Sidewalks throughout the five boroughs resemble ...