Two men from New York died from pneumonia they contracted from bat feces — after they used the excrement as fertilizer to grow marijuana, a new study found. The unidentified men from Rochester, ages ...

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 ...

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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Doctors have reported two rare and fatal cases of histoplasmosis, a fungal disease linked to bat guano used as fertilizer for locally grown cannabis. Reading time 3 minutes Homegrown weed lovers ...