Clippers in hand, volunteers snap the metal lines of an old fence, its strands drooping and thorns rusted. Once they sever the wire from the posts, they coil it up and cart it away. These are the ...

Behold the humble barbed-wire fence, the five-strand sentinel of Texas woods and plains. Untold thousands of miles of barbed-wire fence divide the state, so ubiquitous outside the city centers that ...

Long before we began carving up our state into tidy parcels, wildlife traveled freely, from the northern Red Hills to the southern River of Grass, in search of food, water, shelter and each other.

ARMAS EXPLAINS HOW THAT TERRAIN MEXICO AND MEXICO. SOME CLOSED OFF BY STEEL WALLS. OTHER AREAS BARDED FENCES >> SEVERAL MILES IS NORMANDY FENCING. DOZENING MILES IS ONLY BARBED WIRE. >> THAT'S ALL THE ...

ERSKINE, Minn. -- Cheri Hasbrouck loves fixing fences, especially if they're barbed wire. While stretching and twisting the unyielding wire is the bane of many a rancher's existence, for Hasbrouck ...

Few inventions that were designed in the 1870s that have not changed since they were patented, and they are still widely used in the 21st century. Barbed wire is an innovation that fits this category, ...

Barbed wire shaped the American West, but it kills, injures and blocks migrating wildlife. Some ranchers are trying high-tech alternatives that could reduce the need for it. On a list of the most ...

WASHINGTON — Only hours after crews removed daunting black fencing encircling St. John’s Church near the White House, six men on ladders began taking down barbed wire from a 12-foot fence, their work ...