Video shows how three Woolwich Township police officers worked together to rescue a boy from a lake in Swedesboro, New Jersey ...

Learn how to tie the Double Fisherman’s Bend, one of the most trusted knots for joining two ropes together. Commonly used in ...

Learn how to tie the Water Bowline loop knot, a reliable variation that holds strong even on wet or slippery ropes. This knot ...

The Greenwood Fire Department has enhanced its rope rescue capabilities with support from a Duke Energy grant. Earlier this year, Ladder 91 crews completed a Ropes Rescue Technician course, providing ...

A group of fishermen rescued a sea turtle that was entangled in nets and ropes off the coast of Costa Rica on Tuesday, December 16. Footage taken by Charles Hill of 4Corners Costa Rica fishing ...

CLATSOP COUNTY, Ore. – First responders were faced with a risky search and rescue operation for a stranded hiker atop an Oregon mountain on Saturday. Officials from the Cannon Beach Fire Personnel ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A “risky” rope rescue saved a hiker who was stranded at the top of Saddle Mountain in Clatsop County on Sunday. Emergency crews responded to the park around 2:45 p.m. after ...

A hiker is home safe after what lifesaving officials are calling an “elaborate and risky” rescue mission. While attempting to descend Oregon’s Saddle Mountain, a prominent coastal peak located about ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A person fell at Duncan’s Ridge in Fort Collins on Friday afternoon, prompting a rope rescue conducted by the Poudre Fire Authority. Details of the incident were sparse early Friday ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research ...

CHURCH HILL, Tenn. (WJHL) — UPDATE: The Hawkins County Rescue Squad said as of 6 p.m. Saturday, emergency crews successfully removed a patient from harm, and the individual was turned over to Hawkins ...