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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over 65,000 year ago, a group of Stone Age people set sail from Southeast Asia and arrived in what is now Australia. Sea levels were lower and Australia was connected to Papua New Guinea. It is ...