Barbary macaques living on the Rock of Gibraltar might have found an unorthodox way to combat their stomach troubles. According to a journal article in Scientific Reports, a research team monitoring ...

Geophagia is the official term for craving and eating dirt, including earth, soil, or clay. Eating dirt may relieve gastrointestinal pain for some people, but it can also cause health problems such as ...

Most people sweep dirt into the trash, but a grassroots social media trend suggests sprinkling it on your lunch as a healthy treat. Health experts, however, say the risks of injury and disease far ...