Field workers spread locally-sourced bat guano fertilizer on biodynamically grown marijuana plants at the SPARC cannabis farm in Glen Ellen, Calif. on Friday, July 14, 2017. Erich Pearson's expansive ...

Two men from New York died from pneumonia they contracted from bat feces — after they used the excrement as fertilizer to grow marijuana, a new study found. The unidentified men from Rochester, ages ...

The men, aged 59 and 64, had symptoms including chronic cough, fever, blood poisoning and respiratory failure Stan Tekiela Author/Naturalist/Wildlife Photographer/Getty Two men from New York have died ...

Two men from New York, United States died after using bat guano or bat poop to grow marijuana for self use. The two men aged, 59 and 74 were cultivating marijuana for and happened to use bat poop as a ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Gray News) - Two men from New York have died after using bat feces as a fertilizer to grow cannabis. According to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Disease, the Rochester ...

Your garden can benefit from the excretory droppings of bats, known as guano, which helps enrich your soil by providing carbon and energy to support helpful microbes. These microbes play a key role in ...

Doctors have reported two rare and fatal cases of histoplasmosis, a fungal disease linked to bat guano used as fertilizer for locally grown cannabis. Reading time 3 minutes Homegrown weed lovers ...

Two men have died in New York after attempting to grow cannabis in bat excrement. The men, based in Rochester, New York, died after contracting a rare fungal infection in their lungs from the bat ...

Bat poop—yes, bat poop—is far more fascinating than you might think. You probably don’t give it much thought (unless it’s in your attic), but believe it or not, bat droppings have shaped history, ...

Bat guano, the accumulation of bat excreta, has emerged as an invaluable archive for deciphering both natural and anthropogenic changes in the environment. As a composite record of dietary choices, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Buried deep within caves, bats — and especially their ...