Coffee beans that pass through the digestive tracts of animals get their unique flavors from the activity of gut microbes, ...

(AP) In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is helping to excrete some of the world’s most expensive coffee. Trumpeted as earthy in flavor and smooth on the palate, the exotic ...

One type of coffee is not just rare but truly exotic: coffee beans processed by partial digestion in animals. Here’s an exclusive look at the world’s most expensive and exotic coffees. The term ...

AP: A herd of 20 elephants in Thailand eats coffee beans and then the beans are collected from their dung to make an exotic brew. AP: A herd of 20 elephants in Thailand eats coffee beans and then the ...

Feces, dung, poop: words that never fail to make a 12-year-old boy laugh. But they have no place in highly advanced scientific processes, right? Well, that’s where you’d be wrong. Researchers ...

A Japanese brewery has created a beer made from elephant dung. The unusual beverage, which uses coffee beans that have passed through an elephant, went on sale on April Fools' Day and sold out within ...