Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Buried deep within caves, bats — and especially their ...

Field workers spread locally-sourced bat guano fertilizer on biodynamically grown marijuana plants at the SPARC cannabis farm in Glen Ellen, Calif. on Friday, July 14, 2017. Erich Pearson's expansive ...

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 ...

Bat poop—yes, bat poop—is far more fascinating than you might think. You probably don’t give it much thought (unless it’s in your attic), but believe it or not, bat droppings have shaped history, ...

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The more than 100 bat species living in the Mozambican reserve’s labyrinth of caves play a key role in maintaining a fragile ecosysytem that benefits wildlife and people Words and photographs by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mission to remove potential explosives from a remote area of Carlsbad Caverns National Park revealed the cave system’s legacy of ...

Bat guano — a.k.a., droppings — preserves evidence of past fires, a recent analysis suggests, providing an “unconventional” record that could help scientists learn more about fire history. The study, ...

ST. LOUIS - Whether it's ice, lake-bottom mud, or cave stalactites and stalagmites, if something piles up and accumulates over time, it can tell scientists about past climate conditions or surrounding ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) –Guano. If you look into the history of Carlsbad Caverns, you will most likely come across this term. In fact, some of the early visitors to the large underground cave system ...

A report on bats in India has recommended a systematic quantification of guano, or accumulated bat poop, and its nutritional value compared to existing bio-fertilisers. Farmers in India do not fancy ...