NASA confirms that mysterious object shooting through the solar system is an 'interstellar visitor' — and it has a new name ...

As San Francisco, Oakland and other Bay Area cities strive to reach self-imposed goals of keeping every bit of trash out of landfills by 2020, even animal waste is being scrutinized to see how it ...

Maybe. It’s against the law in L.A. to leave dog waste on public or private property unless there is consent from the property owner. Violations are punishable with fines of $20, for not picking ...

One of the most potent effects of leaving animal waste untreated is when run-off gets into the water supply, causing eutrophication, which essentially is when rivers and streams are starved of oxygen.

Mali, left, an 8-year-old Asian elephant, reaches out with her trunk at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, N.Y. The zoo is wants to use animal waste to cut its $400,000 annual heating and ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Rosamond Gifford Zoo (search) is looking to become the first zoo in the nation to be powered by its own animal waste — particularly the prodigious piles produced by its ...

Farmers worked to lower the level of hog waste lagoons and move birds out of danger last week before Florence made landfall. Decaying carcasses from chickens and pigs combined with animal waste ...

Compacted waste from herbivores at the Dallas Zoo is shown in Stage 1 (foreground), Stage 2 (center) and Stage 3 (background) at Silver Creek Materials on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Fort Worth.