A bamboo rafting match was held in Shuimei village in the Shui autonomous county of Sandu, Guizhou province. The traditional event is an important part of the ethnic Shui group's culture. The bamboo ...

Ma Qinghai, a villager of Shangtan Village, rows a bamboo raft in Ziyang Town of Wuyuan County, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 30, 2023. Wuyuan County, one of the six counties of ancient Huizhou ...

Seeking affordable, sturdy rafts for oyster farming, researchers propose polyethylene rafts. Their findings show a polyethylene raft as being about five times more durable than a conventional bamboo ...

Sometimes, the "rafts" are actually a plastic disc or a homemade frame with floating tubs and netting. Often, these devices have nets and ropes hanging from them where small fish hide out in the deep ...

Amid the rising human population and pressure on food supplies, the world can’t be everyone’s oyster. But perhaps there might be more oysters to eat if an Osaka Metropolitan University-led research ...

A bamboo raft that looks like a prop pulled from the set of “Cast Away” was the latest strange item to wash up on Padre Island National Seashore. The park, which spans 130,355 acres across Padre ...

A three-mile raft ride on Jamaica's Martha Brae River lasts just over an hour. Photo Credit: Omar Perez Sure, beaches and massages bring forth a welcome dose of serenity while on vacation. But on a ...