Discarded nets, lines and traps are a hazard to marine life and ecosystems around the world, but pioneering programs are ...

Arizona State University’s Senko Lab is studying ways to make fishing gear less harmful to sea turtles, sharks, and other threatened species.

Solar-powered lights on fishing nets are cutting sea turtle bycatch by 63%—a simple fix that helps both ocean life and ...

Northern Israeli diver, who rescued two sea turtles injured by abandoned fishing line this year, reports uptick in fishing ...

A skipper will replace his nylon fishing net every 6 months, says Ian Falconer, and most of the time they're buried in a ...

To us she’s a supermodel, but to sea turtles she’s a superhero. Gisele Bündchen saved a sea turtle’s life after finding it had been washed ashore upside down while trapped inside a fishing net. The ...

Once used to scoop fish from the sea off the coast of France, recycled fishing nets are finding new life in Ukraine to ...

Upcycling, or the concept of reimagining waste products to create something new, is one more important piece of the all-important recycling picture. And Ulysse Nardin has jumped right in, serving its ...

Editor’s note: Marshall Brain – futurist, inventor, NCSU professor, writer and creator of “How Stuff Works” is a contributor to WRAL TechWire. Brain takes a serious as well as entertaining look at a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – When the Portland Thorns send the ball flying through the goal during the Women’s International Champions Cup, they won’t be kicking the ball into any ordinary soccer net. The ...

A video circulating widely on Facebook in Ethiopia claims to show an alien creature that was captured in fishing nets after ...

More than two dozen First Nations have signed a salmon declaration calling for an immediate end to net-pen fish farms on the ...