Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ukrainian soldiers cover the roads with fishing nets, donated by French fishermen and volunteer groups in Brittany, as a ...

Local fishing nets, once bound for recycling, are now saving lives in Ukraine. The spent nets are being repurposed to protect ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of people who have died. In gathering natural fibres, making string, yarning and weaving, knowledge becomes ...

Researchers from U.S. and fishers from Mexico’s Gulf of California have developed solar-powered LED buoys that attach to gill nets to help reduce sea turtle bycatch by 63%. The floating devices ...

The abandonment of fishing nets in seas and oceans is a persistent environmental problem. In response, the Redes4Value project is aiming to recover and recycle disused fishing nets, transforming them ...

Discarded nets, lines and traps are a hazard to marine life and ecosystems around the world, but pioneering programs are tackling the problem creatively through education, prevention, ocean cleanups ...

Nets once used to protect tulips in the Netherlands are getting a new lease of life – protecting Ukrainian soldiers and civilians from Russian drones. So are discarded fishing nets and all sorts of ...