Who amongst us hasn’t wondered if a snake can fart? Dani Rabiotti, a quantitative ecologist, posed that question to Twitter in 2017. Her inquiry into animal flatulence went viral, of course. From ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Who farted? It’s an age old question, though asking who dealt it rarely yields a straightforward answer. But thanks to the best-selling work of a Virginia Tech researcher and ...

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Every other Friday on Morning Edition, Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown tackles a question from a listener. Sarah from South Carolina Asks: “My husband and I were discussing the very interesting topic ...

As much as we may be loath to admit it, everybody farts. You might be able to pass your flatulence off on the dog or cat, because they fart too. In fact, most organisms with a fiber-rich diet and the ...

You've probably wondered about this before -- maybe you just don't want to admit it -- but which animals have the ability to fart? Fortunately, a group of scientists have joined together to answer ...