Fishermen rely on traditional cast nets to catch fish in Savannakhet, Laos

A drone photo shows fishermen casting their nets to catch fish in a lake in Savannakhet province, Laos, July 6, 2026. Located ...
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Humpback whales cast bubble nets to catch prey. They may be learning from each other

Humpback whales sometimes use this very intricate, very cool strategy to catch fish. It is called bubble-net feeding. As NPR's Nate Rott reports, a new study suggests the whales are teaching each ...
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These nets used to catch fish. Now they’re catching Russian drones

(CNN) — 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 ...
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Trot lines, and trammel nets and trawls, oh my! Trying to catch the elusive age-one pallid sturgeon

It’s said beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To some, a long-snouted, murky white, boneless bottom feeder native to the Missouri and Mississippi rivers – known as the pallid sturgeon – might not ...
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Greece put a bounty on invasive pufferfish, but Crete fishermen still face torn nets and lost income

"There won't be another generation — we're the last one." ...

Discarded plastic bottles help save dolphins from fishing nets

Newcastle University researchers have demonstrated that plastic bottles attached to fishing nets can help dolphins detect and ...