Dani Rabiotti, a quantitative ecologist, posed that question to Twitter in 2017. Her inquiry into animal flatulence went viral, of course. From there, #doesitfart spread quickly (much like a, well, ...

It all began with a teenager's typical and seemingly inconsequential question that stumped a dedicated zoologist: "Do snakes fart?" It all began with a teenager’s typical and seemingly inconsequential ...

Scientists are embarking on the noblest of data-gathering missions, delivering us laypeople the animal information we all sorely wanted but were too timid to ask about. Which animals fart? The open, ...

Flatulence is one of those universal bodily functions that doesn't get a lot of attention—except when it's impossible to ignore. In the animal kingdom, some species are gas-producing machines, while ...

Anyone who’s had a pet can testify that dogs and cats occasionally get gassy, letting rip noxious farts and then innocently looking up as if to say “Who, me?” You may not have considered the full ...

Scientists around the world have teamed up to carry out one of mankind’s most important missions: compiling a spreadsheet that helpfully sorts animals based on whether or not they fart. Since you’ve ...

The definitive field guide for animal flatulence is finally here. “Does it Fart?” (Hachette) is an illustrated book about the fart capabilities of the animal kingdom. In the tome, authors Dani ...

Farting. We all do it. Squeaky or silent, smelly or scentless, fueled by protein or by sparkling water, farts are the body's way of releasing gas that builds up in the digestive tract. Here's a ...

Do baboons fart? What about salamanders? Millipedes? These questions sound like the sort Bart Simpson might have asked to derail science class. But real-life scientists are now taking to Twitter to ...

Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti didn’t set out to become the Internet's designated animal fart experts, and certainly didn't expect to write the book on the subject, but you can't shake destiny. In ...

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