A new polymer removes biofilms—mats of microbes and their exuded substances—by mimicking a fluid oozed by barnacles (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c09311). The material could ...

The team, from Riviera Beach-based Atlantic Underwater Diving Services, spent about an hour and 15 minutes removing barnacles and other growth from the vessel's hull.

Underwater Robots Are Helping Maritime Shipping Clean Up Its Act A growing army of machines is improving ships’ fuel efficiency by scraping algae, seaweed and barnacles off their hulls. Facebook ...

Over the course of months, a barnacle can traverse multiple scutes, or segments, of the turtle’s shell. This slow-motion journey also allows them to find optimal spots for feeding as water flows ...

A sea turtle initially weighed over 7 ½ pounds; her weight decreased to just over 6 pounds once experts cleaned her organism-covered shell.

Humpbacks remove some barnacles and skin via breaches — where a whale leaps from the water — but not all, he said. Rolling around could also be a social activity related to play or relaxation.

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.