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 ...

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 ...

Grizzly bears, dogs, and even cockroaches fart. Do sea anemones? Nope. As for spiders, no one knows. Daniella Rabaiotti and Nick Caruso’s new book, Does It Fart?, is illustrated by Ethan Kocak and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Often when kids are learning about an animal for the first time, they ask if the animal can fart. It may be a juveline question, but it's a good question—one based on trying to understand how similar ...

Why do dog's farts smell so bad? It's a question you may well be pondering if you regularly catch whiff of an unpleasant odor and glance over at your pup to find them sheepishly attempting to avoid ...

I have been wondering why humans "announce" their gas but animals don't. My husband can sound like a "flapping shutter" and our dog can quietly peel the paint. We used to have cats - their wind was ...