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Recent Examples of guanoHe was jolted out of his reverie by a whiff of guano in the breeze.—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025 If excluding the bats is a DIY job, clean up the roosting area afterwards so that guano doesn’t attract other pests such as cockroaches and flies.—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025 All that airborne guano is nature’s marine fertilizer, and scientists have been vastly underestimating how much seabird poop is actually fertilizing our oceans and coastlines.—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025 Bat guano is made from the droppings of bats that are collected from caves.—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for guano
The primary sources of nitrates in groundwater are from livestock manure and other nitrogen-rich fertilizers placed on crops by farmers and ranchers, experts said.
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Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
Biochar is usually made from wood, but it can also be created by burning plant debris, livestock bedding, manure, and other natural items.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Apr. 2026
Release of dung increases soil organic carbon and helps build soil structure that improves water filtration and soil aeration.
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Paige Stein,
Hartford Courant,
4 May 2026
They can be sampled using standardized trapping methods worldwide, since they are easily attracted to dung and carrion, which allows for comparable data across different regions.
For example, most labels won’t tell you what kind of soil a plant needs; only some plants can handle the dense, alkaline clay soil common in the Chicago area.
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Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
Many solitary wasps dig nesting chambers in sandy soils, like the cicada killer and the great golden digger wasps.
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Jessica Damiano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Anacapa Island, for instance, has no services aside from some primitive campsites, a lighthouse and limited hiking options, but is also a major seabird rookery from April to August, which translates to lots of bird poop, noise, bird carcasses and territorial bird behavior.