A team of researchers examined the foraging behavior of barnacle geese in Northern Karelia, Finland. In this region, geese feeding on agricultural fields cause large economic damage to farms.

lightweight transmitters were attached to wild adult barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) to determine physiological changes during fall migration. Interestingly, the geese preened the satellite ...

Scanning electron micrograph of a filter feeding appendage (cirri) from a goose barnacle (Lepas). Goose barnacles are non-motile crustaceans that live in the sea attached to rocks and floating objects ...