A Ford factory in Mexico was facing pigeon invasions, forcing 4,000 workers to deal with bird poo, then a hawk named El Charro was hired and cut bird activity by 80%

A Ford factory in Mexico was facing pigeon invasions, forcing 4,000 workers to deal with bird poo, then a hawk named El Charro was hired and cut bird activity by 80%

Ford’s Hermosillo assembly plant in Sonora, Mexico, found itself dealing with an unusual workplace problem involving persistent pigeons entering the sprawling factory and leaving droppings around equipment and freshly painted vehicles. The facility employs more than 4,000 workers and produces more than 300,000 vehicles a year, making the bird problem difficult to ignore. Ford tried … Read more

Meet the loaches: Treasure hunters uncover centuries-old secrets from the Thames | World News

Meet the loaches: Treasure hunters uncover centuries-old secrets from the Thames | World News

Just after midnight, when much of London is asleep, people quietly make their way down the slippery banks of the Thames, armed with headlamps and small shovels. They knelt in the thick mud under bridges and beside ancient embankments, sifting through the silt in search of forgotten fragments of history. Some people have found Roman … Read more