A team of researchers examined the foraging behavior of barnacle geese in Northern Karelia ... normal crop fields where no goose management took place, accommodation fields, and repelling fields.

A team of researchers from the University of Turku and the Natural Resources Institute Finland has examined the foraging behavior of barnacle geese ... fields where no goose management took ...

Goose barnacles filter feed on plankton and detritus, capturing it from the water with their specially adapted legs. The creatures can be bought fresh online for around £80-£90 per kilo – or ...

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 ...

In 2022, a roll of barnacles of similar size appeared on a beach in Gwynedd, in the northwest of Wales, and was said to be worth a whopping £4,000. Goose barnacles live attached to various ...

How to identify gooseneck barnacles. Goose barnacles are unmistakable. They grow in dense clusters on flotsam, with delicate chalky white shells anchored to the object by a fleshy black stalk (or ...