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 ...

Picture yourself out at sea, gazing at the boundless expanse of ocean when suddenly, an enormous creature emerges from the ...

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 ...

It was found by the Clearwater Marine Research Insitute North Atlantic Right Whale Aerial Survey team ... They collected skin, baleen, and barnacles for future research and education.

Found in Panama, this fossilized whale barnacle once rode along with a humpback whale. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Neal is a graduate of Boston University. Researchers are listening for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales off the coast of Massachusetts with the help of two new buoys in the water.