Gross Science

How do you get rid of skunk odor? Don't use tomato juice... use chemistry!

It's called "coprophagia," and lots of dogs do it.

Inbreeding...It's hugely taboo for us, but lots of organisms do it.

Listeria turns your own cells against you, and can live where other types of food poisoning perish.

Figs aren't exactly fruits...but that's not the only bizarre thing about them. Discover the gross world of figs!

The latest clinical trials for poop pills that can fight a gut infection failed. But that's no reason to flush this research down the toilet.

The way the sun damages your skin is weirder than you ever thought.

Here are four ingenious ways carnivorous plants catch their prey.

Sea turtles can get herpes. And human pollution might be making their flare-ups worse.

Science has historically ignored females, whether they're insects, lab rats, or humans.

The priciest fungus in the world is a parasite that grows from a caterpillar’s head.

The stereotype of the "lazy Southerner" may have been caused by widespread hookworm infections in the American South.

Knowing more about periods is important for everyone’s health.