If you’ve ever tried to remove a barnacle from a boat hull or piling, you learned they don’t go easily. You’re lucky if they go at all. Barnacles cling to ships, rocks and even to the skin of whales.

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create a better way for people working in sea life rehabilitation and rescue to remove barnacles from turtles and other creatures," said one of ...

A sea turtle struggling in the ocean off the coast of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates caught an amazingly lucky break. In what was surely a chance in a million, a jet skier noticed the ...

It’s a weeping rock. Sandstone blocks near the Lakes Entrance holiday resort on the coast of Victoria, south-east Australia, are covered with barnacles that look like they are spilling tears. How did ...