Barnacles may have a small footprint, but their effect on global shipping is large. When ships’ hulls get coated with barnacles and other creatures, they use more fuel and eventually must be hauled ...

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For barnacles, which are stuck in one place, sex can be tricky. The shelled sea creatures have been known to use extra-long penises to fertilize their nearest neighbors. Now researchers have ...

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 ...

The Green family in Wales was walking along the beach when they discovered a piece of ocean debris covered in gooseneck barnacles. The barnacles are a delicacy in Spain and Portugal and can demand ...

In absolute terms, the blue whale has the largest penis of any animal—a huge mobile appendage that can reach 10 feet in length. But the blue whale itself is enormous. If you take body size into ...

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished. The crash site was never found, nor was the plane. It remains one of the most perplexing aviation mysteries in history. In the years since the ...

Non-stick surface: this 3D visualization shows the microstructured silicone surface (left) and a smooth silicone control surface (right). The control is covered with many more barnacles than the ...

For barnacles, which are stuck in one place, sex can be tricky. The shelled sea creatures have been known to use extra-long penises to fertilize their nearest neighbors. Now researchers have ...