guano

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"Our work extends the known geographic extent of guano fertilization, echoing recent findings in northern Chile, and suggests soil management began at least around 800 years ago in Peru."

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

Their guano, or dung, can also be used as fertilizer.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

The guano contained dozens of previously unknown viruses, including a new coronavirus, a relative of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, the research team reports this week in Communications Biology.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024

For just over six months, researchers collected samples of guano from the tree hollow the animals were filmed eating from.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2024

The slime was bat guano, digested vegetable matter that had been excreted by a colony of fruit bats on the ceiling.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston