A GOOD REMINDER TO CHECK YOUR ATTICS, BATS ARE RETURNING TO THE AREA THIS TIME OF YEAR, OFTEN WEASELING THEIR WAY INTO VENTS OF PEOPLE’S HOMES. AND IF YOU DISCOVER ABOUT PROBLEM IN YOUR ATTIC BETWEEN ...

In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler Atahualpa hostage, setting the stage for the fall of the Inca Empire.

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Powerful fertiliser based on seabird droppings may have fuelled the rise of a Peruvian agricultural kingdom 900 years ago and helped drive its eventual takeover by the Incas. Chemical analyses of ...

New archaeological evidence reveals that seabird guano—nutrient-rich bird droppings—was not only essential to boosting corn yields and supercharging agriculture in ancient Peru, but it may have been a ...

Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...

A rare but potentially deadly fungal infection known as histoplasmosis is sickening a cluster of people in Tennessee. Dozens of histoplasmosis cases have been reported in middle Tennessee since last ...

Growing up in Chennai, I felt like I could tell time based on when hot drinks were served in our house. The city is famed for its coffee, blended with chicory root and poured into glasses in dramatic ...

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, ...

You have probably seen "NPK" written on fertilizer bags. That "K" there stands for potassium. Potassium is not just a side nutrient. In fact, potassium is one of the three most important nutrients for ...

For the nearly three-year-old female bat soaring into the Spanish sky in March 2023, it was just another night of striving to feed itself. But the bat’s overnight exploits were about to become the ...