Birds that live and breed in vegetated coastal areas, such as dunes and small islands, not only build nests but ...

Seabird droppings, long dismissed as a coastal nuisance, may hold a key to restoring barrier islands battered by storms and ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The use of seabird poop as a fertilizer for corn and other food crops supported the ...

Though it authorized our nation's earliest imperialistic land grab outside our continent, the 1856 Guano Islands Act is little known today. The act stated that the United States could claim any island ...

In the 19th century, ships full of workers sailed to Peru’s Guano Islands to harvest bird feces from the islands’ once-thriving seabird populations, from cormorants to pelicans to boobies. The guano ...