Your poop reveals valuable insights into your health. The Bristol Stool Chart helps assess bowel function, while stool color ...

Shape-wise, you usually want your poop to have some level of form, but not be overly hard or too soft, Dr. Farhadi says.

Similarly, red or maroon stool could mean lower digestive tract bleeding, caused by inflammatory bowel disease, diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, polyps or colorectal cancer. The shape of your poop can ...

The Australian marsupial can pass up to 100 deposits of poop a night and they use the piles to mark territory. The shape helps it stop rolling away. Despite having round anuses like other mammals ...