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 ...

In 1876 salesman John W. Gates brought barbed wire to Texas when he wagered $1 million that he could build a fence that would capably contain cattle. Some incredulous gambler took the bet. Gates ...

Before Ma Bell came to town, and long before DSL, it was barbed wire, of all things, that brought rural communities together. A Sears telephone hooked up to barbed wire—miles of which were already ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CHEYENNE, Wyo.—An ongoing study found that collisions with a relatively short section of barbed-wire fence killed dozens of sage grouse over a seven-month ...

The Albuquerque City Council has banned barbed wire or ribbon wire from homes around Albuquerque. On Monday, the City Council passed an ordinance which bans people from having barbed wire on top of ...

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Tyndall Air Force Base may want to reassess their security measures after a black blear quickly scaled over the barbed-wire fence in Panama City, Florida. "How a bear climbs a fence at Tyndall," Kevin ...

South and North Korea have the world's longest barbed-wire fence along their border. Some 248 kilometers of the Demilitarized Zone across the Korean Peninsula is fenced in both sides of the border ...