The bathroom habits of a lesser-known cousin to the llama are helping researchers better understand how ecosystems adapt to climate change. Vicuñas live high in alpine areas of the Andes in South ...

a wild relative of the llama, could help reestablish plants in barren areas where glaciers have melted, according to a recent study in the high Andes of Peru. As vicuñas tend to poop in the same ...

“That’s why the vicuña poop has such a large impact,” Bueno ... her team showed that the vicuña’s close relative, the llama, does disperse seeds in latrines, indicating this may be ...