What was once a chute for both human and material waste in Jerusalem has now proven to be a store of new information about Christian migrants to the city, and the pathogens they brought with them.

In the cloud forest of Costa Rica, many canopy-dwelling animals do their business in strangler fig trees, perhaps as a way of ...

Those who make a great show of being religiously pure often lead lives that are secretly very dirty -- or at least so it was in biblical times. Recent bioarchaeological findings at the ancient Dead ...

Jeff Chapin first learned of Cambodia’s sanitation problem when the head of the not-for-profit International Development Enterprises, Cambodia, emailed Ideo seeking help. Chapin was told that ...

A researcher has uncovered evidence of intestinal parasites in a 500-year-old latrine from Bruges, Belgium, and while the finding may induce queasiness in some, it is expected to provide important ...

University of Massachusetts professor Caitlyn Butler piloted the “Green Latrine” in Agona Nyakrom, Ghana this past spring as a way to deal with health risks, farming needs and as a way to create ...

A latrine from the Roman baths at Sagalassos in Turkey has yielded its stinky secrets: feces contaminated with roundworms and parasites were discovered there by archaeologists interested in ancient ...

To understand the baffling reality of how hard it is to "Follow the Money" when it comes to aid to Haiti, it helps to look at -- of all things-- latrines. In Haiti, latrines are almost as important as ...

Q: Raccoons are leaving droppings at the end of our deck steps. What can we do about it? A: They’ve turned your deck into a raccoon latrine. Clean up any waste promptly. Raccoon feces can harbor ...

Garden ruin, Bosham Manor House, lancet window to northern half of west wall. External view looking east. Credit: D. Gould et al. Recent archaeological findings have shed new light on a long-standing ...