One thing that almost all creatures have in common is that we all poop. For humans poop is mostly a unwanted inconvenience but when it comes to the rest of the animal kingdom it becomes much more ...

Climate change is melting away glaciers around the world, but in the Andes Mountains, a wild relative of the llama is helping local ecosystems adapt to these changes by dropping big piles of dung.

Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a nutrient-rich environment for life to thrive despite glacier loss. Climate change is ...