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

Bird flu has killed tens of thousands of birds, mostly pelicans, and at least 716 sea lions in protected areas across Peru, the authorities said, as the H5N1 strain spreads throughout the region. Peru ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peru battles to save seabirds from disease and climate threats LIMA (Reuters) -Scientists along Peru's central Pacific coast are ...

LIMA, Peru — Bird droppings are a nuisance for most people, but in Peru they have been a closely guarded treasure since pre-Columbian times. Guano, a gentler word for dung, is one of the few words in ...

In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler Atahualpa hostage, setting the stage for the fall of the Inca Empire.

Thousands of sea lions have died in Peru amid an outbreak of bird flu, according to Peru’s National Service of Protected Areas by the State (SERNANP). Avian flu, also known as H5N1, has spread across ...