That creates a record of the oceans they’ve been in as passengers on whales. To see if barnacles had the same properties long ago, Taylor hunted down fossils that lived on early humpback whales ...

If you've ever been on a whale-watching tour and seen these majestic animals, you may have noticed barnacles growing on some of the whales. The relationship between barnacles and whales is one for ...

They were almost hunted to extinction in the 1800s. North Atlantic right whales are strange creatures due to the barnacles that grow on their heads. The barnacles attach to the whales because it ...

Consider barnacles that attach themselves to whales. The whales aren't harmed, but the filter-feeding hitchhikers get ferried around the ocean and may find more food than if they were stuck in one ...

Celebrate the annual migration with whale walks, beach fires, chowder and wine tastings, whale-themed music and more.

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Almost by definition, barnacles are immobile: these crustaceans cluster on surfaces such as whale heads, sea turtle shells, coastal rocks, and ...

Merrill wanted to test the acoustic signatures of the materials to see whether the whales were being confused by plastics. After rounding up some typical, and barnacle-encrusted, plastic trash from ...

Barnacles are natural barometers and their distribution has been greatly affected by ever changing weather conditions. Professor Richard Fortey investigates the effect that global warming has had ...

Barnacles are natural barometers and their distribution has been greatly affected by ever changing weather conditions. Professor Richard Fortey investigates the effect that global warming has had ...