CHINCHA VALLEY, PERU—According to a statement released by the University of Sydney, seabird guano may have been a major factor in the rise of Peru’s precolonial Chincha Kingdom, a powerful coastal ...
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 ...
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 ...
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What makes this bat too dangerous for baseball
Baseball equipment is designed with limits for a reason. This video looks at a bat that pushes past those limits fast. The exit speeds, reactions, and safety concerns make it clear why this bat raises ...
New videos reveal the surprising dynamics of bat-rat relationships—and suggest how human activity is fueling these interspecies conflicts. A rat attacks a bat as it flies by in this still image from a ...
A groundbreaking study published in Nature's Communications Biology sheds new light on the relationship between bats and dangerous viruses. Led by researchers at the University of Oklahoma, the study ...
Oregon’s bat populations could soon face a serious threat after the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome was detected in guano collected at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park on the state’s ...
Bats are amazing creatures that zip through the night skies on a mission: To hunt and devour insects. “Most bats are insectivores and feed on large numbers of insects and agricultural pests,” says ...
For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude. By Douglas Main During spring and fall migrations, billions of birds take to the night skies. The ...
When I think of Halloween and the familiar decorations that pop up in neighborhoods, one creature always comes to mind, the bat. From eerie silhouettes hanging in windows to plastic models dangling ...
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