Researchers have also observed multiple rhinos choosing to poop in the same spot. This means the animals that eat or interact with the rhino poop know exactly where to find it, Awasthi said.

Adult Southern white rhinoceros poop up to 75 pounds daily, lead rhino caregiver Lori McNeal is responsible for the clean up. For more stories about people to be thankful for go here. The average ...

Natalie, a southern white rhino who recently died, was part of the crash that participated in the collaborative poop study with N.C. State and the NC Zoo. It’s feeding time at the rhino habitat ...

The pea-sized poop samples were then sent to the lab ... “It’s telling a story about the stability of a rhino microbiome over time,” said Erin McKenney, assistant professor and director ...

What’s Going On in The Video? The video begins with the rhino mother pooping near a watering hole and an elephant charging at her. You might think the rhino just needed to poop, but there is ...

It is much more than simply a rhino pooping.The midden also acts as a messaging board for other rhinos. Female white rhino will defecate around the edges so that territory holders can know of ...

It is critical we understand why, as the managed rhinos serve as important assurance populations in case wild rhino numbers continue to fall. We wanted to know how the gut microbiome may influence ...

scientists managed to harvest it from fossilized hyena poop. So, the research team turned to two caves in Germany, where they located fossilized feces of hyenas—a leading predator of the rhino.

The ancient poop was not excreted by an ancient rhino but by a hyena—an animal that evidently ate the massive herbivore before it, too, died sometime in the Middle Paleolithic. The team ...