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The Scientist spoke with marine biologist and barnacle researcher John Zardus about why turtle barnacles—previously thought to be immobile—in fact slowly travel. He thinks the answer is food. Chloe ...

These sea creatures are known as Lucifer's fingers. The barnacles are a delicacy in Europe, but catching them isn't easy. Fishermen risk their lives to find them, climbing over slippery cliffs and ...

TBT has been used as an effective antifouling paint since the early 1970s on ship's hulls to effectively check the growth of tubeworms, algae and barnacles. The superior anti-fouling protection ...

UC Berkeley researcher Larry Taylor knew that present-day barnacle shells take up differently weighted oxygen atoms from bodies of water. That creates a record of the oceans they’ve been in as ...