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

When it comes to the success of ancient civilizations, the first things that come to mind are typically their military ...

The use of seabird poop as a fertilizer for corn and other food crops supported the expansion of pre-Inca civilizations ...

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

Ancient Greco-Roman texts discuss the use of excrement in medicine, but this is the first direct evidence we've found that ...

Before the Inca civilization rose to power in what’s now Peru, the Chincha Kingdom reigned as a prosperous society on the country’s southern coast. Now, scientists have discovered that seabird ...

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

In A Nutshell Between 1250 and 1400 CE, Peru’s Chincha Kingdom mastered seabird guano fertilization, enabling agriculture in one of Earth’s driest deserts centuries before the Inca Empire arrived ...

Streetsboro is hiring a consulting firm for a retail analysis to see if the city can make up for lost funds if property tax revenue is cut.

President Donald Trump said the Federal Emergency Management Agency will play a key role in cleaning up 200 million to 300 ...

Defecation is the one essential, unavoidable part of life that strips away social pretensions, teaching us a basic humility about our place in the world—even on the highest of thrones.

Three weeks ago, a collapse of the Potomac Interceptor pipe launched hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River, contaminating waterways and thrusting the concept of "poop ...