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 ...

Gooseneck barnacles are also known as percebes. Depending on the demand and risk of the fisherman, the costs can sometimes go ...

Often when I see a foreigner ordering the barnacles, their first reaction is, 'How do I eat this?' I've seen them eating it with the shell and everything. And I go, 'Don't eat it with the shell ...

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 ...