Barnacles, as crustaceans, employ a remarkable natural glue for tenacious adhesion to surfaces. Their cyprid larvae use ...

“Barnacles are a highly studied animal,” says Palmer. “It’s exciting to us to find something so totally new in a group that is so extensively studied.” ...

Barnacles use both an extremely long penis and broadcast sperm to mate with other barnacles (Image credit: mia.judkins | Flickr.com) For barnacles, which are stuck in one place, sex can be tricky.

Gooseneck barnacles grow in rosette-shaped clusters, with the oldest at the centre. Only the beaks, the calcified shells that contain the organs and feathery feeding legs, are exposed.

The barnacles are a high-end delicacy in Spain and Portugal, which is what helps to drive their prices so high.

Barnacles have the largest penises, relative to body size, in the animal kingdom, and now some are going into the record books for yet another feat: They can capture sperm directly from water.

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Because the barnacles are harvested live, the fishermen must find rocks on which they have attached themselves to mussels. (If ripped directly from the rock, they would tear and die).

A type of crustacean, goose barnacles have a long fleshy stem that looks like a black neck, which is topped with a chalky white shell that houses the main body of the barnacle. They are considered a ...

Barnacles could help find location of lost Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, scientists say New approach ‘might help bring some closure to the families of those on the missing plane,’ scientists say ...

Scientists have developed a new technique to reconstruct the path and origin of debris from the missing flight MH370 that was lost over the Indian Ocean in 2014 with 239 passengers. The method, ...

Goose barnacles washes up on Port Elliot beach It’s the weird creature of the deep few locals report seeing and has sparked plenty of conversation, but it turns out it’s not that uncommon. See ...