Richard J. Krejsa, a professor emeritus of biology at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, knows fish. He knows their farts. And he knows when others feign to know but really do ...

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 ...

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 ...

It breathes through its intestines, lives in dark muddy trenches, and is affectionately called the “fart loach”–the European weatherfish (Misgurnus fossilis) is a biologically fascinating fish species ...