The Mexican Navy is conducting an operation to detain Aureliano Guzman Loera, a Sinaloa Cartel kingpin and brother of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, according to a new report.

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I watched a show on TV called "Billy the Exterminator" sometime during the week of june 14, 2010. Billy was sent to a house in Alabama that was infested with bats. The attic floor was at least 3 ...

A mission to remove potential explosives from a remote area of Carlsbad Caverns National Park revealed the cave system’s legacy of guano mining. The National Park Service reported it removed six boxes ...

MANILA, Philippines — A scientist from the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) has discovered that fecal matter from bats, or bat guano, can be used to create antibiotics. According to ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) –Guano. If you look into the history of Carlsbad Caverns, you will most likely come across this term. In fact, some of the early visitors to the large underground cave system ...

The Inca recognized the importance of guano and the islands where the so-called guano birds breed as central to the survival of their civilization — and they responded by implementing the first ever ...

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Because no day is complete without further investigation of fertilizer’s historic role in the evolution of the global economy, How the World Works intends to brighten your Friday with some deep ...

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