The Conversation

Fences have big effects on land and wildlife around the world that are rarely measured

Wenjing Xu receives funding from the Smithsonian Institute. Alex McInturff and Christine Wilkinson do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that ...
Los Angeles Times

Fences in Los Angeles have gotten taller, gone horizontal, redefining neighborhood life

My cynical oversimplification of the story of Los Angeles goes like this: lots of people saw how beautiful Southern California was and wanted not just to live there but to possess it. I think that’s ...
Star Tribune

As homelessness grows, so do fences around the Twin Cities

Fences keep homeless people off parking lots, sidewalks and empty properties. Critics say they won’t solve homelessness and contribute to stereotyping the Twin Cities as unsafe. Outside the ...
The Conversation

From Australia to Africa, fences are stopping Earth’s great animal migrations

Bill Laurance receives funding from various scientific and philanthropic organisations. He is director of the Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science at James Cook University, and ...
The New York Times

Not Just a Fence: The Story of a Stainless Steel Status Symbol

Like the white picket fence, the stainless steel fence — prevalent in New York neighborhoods densely populated by Asian homeowners — evokes a sense of making it, but it’s flashier. Credit...Clark ...