Your dog's turds may be more harmful to the great outdoors than you thought. That's the conclusion of a new report from scientists in Belgium on the environmental impact of urine and feces from dogs.

Source: By Rick Kimpel - Flickr: Parker the Marker, CC BY-SA 2.0. Wikimedia I’ve spent many years researching and thinking about the ethical contours of human-dog relationships, especially the ...

Dogs relieving themselves in nature are overfertilizing complex environments, a study suggested. The contamination can knock the environment out of balance, favoring one plant over others. Dog owners ...

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Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Dog feces and urine are being deposited in nature reserves in such quantities that it ...

Ah, cats and their litter boxes, a never-ending saga. Maybe you have a furry friend that weirdly enjoys lounging in there for hours on end. Or perhaps your cat loves to play in their litter box and ...

DEAR JOAN: I’m writing in regard to your article about the lady who inquired about eliminating dog pee spots in her yard. Your first comment was the worst advice I would follow, saying a responsible ...

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What’s Normal, What’s Not, and When to Worry Every dog owner has done it. You pick it up. You squint at it. You think, “Is that… normal?” And then you immediately wish you had never looked that ...