Roughly 21 kilometers off Peru’s southern coast, the Chincha Islands hold vast deposits of seabird guano accumulated over ...

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

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

In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler ...

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 ...

Dozens of fertilizer bags wept blue fluid onto the forest floor. Irrigation tubes snaked across the craters of empty plant ...

Law enforcement raided the illegal cannabis operation in Shasta-Trinity National Forest months before, but rotting potatoes ...

Fertilization is a cornerstone of successful gardening, often seen as the secret sauce that helps plants thrive.

Eating with the planet in mind can be simple, especially when you consider some surprising foods that have a lighter ...

Law enforcement raided the illegal cannabis operation in Shasta-Trinity National Forest months before, but rotting potatoes still sat on the growers' makeshift kitchen worktop, waiting to be cooked.

Even after California legalized marijuana, illicit cannabis grows continue to pollute public lands. And the contamination, ...