UPDATE (Feb. 10): Baltimore Gas and Electric will not install a barbed-wire fence next to its Greene Street substation, WBAL-TV 11 News has learned since first airing its report. The fence will still ...

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 ...

In 1904, the El Paso Herald called for “a barb wire fence along our side of the Rio Grande” to keep out “undesirable aliens.” The newspaper wasn’t referring to Mexicans, but to Chinese immigrants, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A group of volunteer Arizonans took it upon themselves to clear out dozens of miles of old barbed wire fences ...

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 ...