In our new study published in PLOS One, we find evidence for a surprising potential source of power and influence: bird poo.

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The Inca recognized the importance of guano and the islands where the so-called guano birds breed as central to the survival of their civilization — and they responded by implementing the first ever ...

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A Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis), one of the species that contributed to the guano researchers used to study the climates of the past. Alex Borisenko / Biodiversity Institute of Ontario via ...