Gooseneck barnacles are one of the most expensive seafoods in the world. Just 1 pound can cost over $100 in Spain and Portugal, where the barnacles are considered a delicacy. But getting your hands on ...

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If an enemy you were previously safe from turned up in your neighborhood, what would you do? That's a problem currently being faced by barnacles in northern Mexico, which are growing sideways to ...

There are hundreds of species of barnacle and they do some very peculiar things (from our perspective). The larvae swim freely, but when they are ready to settle, they glue their heads to a rock or ...

It's hard enough to find a mate when you're able to get up and move around. But just imagine the difficulties the poor barnacle faces, permanently glued to an underwater rock or hull. Most sessile ...

On the craggy west coast of Vancouver Island, our sturdy steel touring boat departs from Tofino, gliding through the calm waters of Maurus Channel before spitting out into the open ocean. We are ...

I've been on a wild-gooseneck chase all week. The hunt began after I read an intriguing tweet. "Excited that local, @ocean_wise gooseneck barnacles now available in Vancouver. Delicious," wrote ...

A wind farm off the coast of China appeared to boost fish numbers and supported colonies of oysters and barnacles, according ...

Barnacles aren’t exactly renowned for their athleticism, staying glued in place for much of their lives. But turtle-riding barnacles are fidgety travelers. Barnacles start life as free-swimming larvae ...

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

Meet Kalani: a spirited Australian sea turtle, whose story begins in a heartbreaking place. Back in January, a passerby found Kalani stranded on Lennox Head Beach in New South Wales. The Good ...