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This spring, the historic Oregon's Pine Creek Ranch becomes federally protected wilderness, and back country volunteers are tearing down the miles of rusty barbed wire surrounding the land. Pine Creek ...

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, ...

American troops without much to do are on the U.S.-Mexico border stringing concertina wire, a type of barbed wire manufactured in coils and often used to create an obstacle in war, to stop a caravan ...

Anyone who has ever wrestled an old barbed-wire fence out of the bushes can appreciate why the native Americans dubbed it the "devil's rope" when 19th-century ranchers first started using it to keep ...

Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design questions large and small, from his fascination with rebar to the history of slot machines to the great Los Angeles Red Car conspiracy. Here at The Eye, ...

Rusty barbed wire, some dating back to World War II, has still not been completely removed from parts of rural western Malta, posing a potential danger to ramblers and hikers. The wire can be found on ...