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 ...

Almost by definition, barnacles are immobile: these crustaceans cluster on surfaces such as whale heads, sea turtle shells, coastal rocks, and ship hulls. Once barnacle larvae mature, they travel on ...

A new method for tracking the debris from a decade-old plane crash has been found, and it involves an unassuming assistant: barnacles. Studying the chemical makeup of the shells of the tiny ...

Barnacles, as crustaceans, employ a remarkable natural glue for tenacious adhesion to surfaces. Their cyprid larvae use temporary adhesives to explore, then secrete a permanent cement composed of ...

Barnacles, the hard-shelled crustaceans often found clinging to rocks and ships, really know how to get around. Mostly hermaphroditic, barnacles are famous for their super-long genitalia — longest in ...

Secreting a fast-curing cement, these crustaceans latch themselves on to any hard surface - rocks, boats, whales and walls – and hold on for life. But don’t let these sticky sea creatures fool you.