In new research, biochemical analyses align with imagery and historical sources to show how the pre-Inca Chincha society turned guano into a source of power.

High in Peru’s San Martín cloud forests, a small brown frog with golden eyes has slipped into the scientific record at the ...

Maize farmers in Peru’s Chincha Valley were fertilizing their crops with seabird poop as early as the year 1250 ...

New archaeological evidence reveals that seabird guano—nutrient-rich bird droppings—was not only essential to boosting corn ...

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High in the Peruvian Andes, a group of Indigenous Quechua women is transforming long-standing conflict with wildcats into a model of coexistence, conservation and cultural revival. A new film, Women ...

Archaeological analysis of items from a pre-Inca Peruvian kingdom reveals their prosperity was built on bird poop.

Guano dramatically boosted the production of maize, and the surplus helped fuel the Chincha Kingdom’s economy.

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