Bestiaries – medieval books containing descriptions of real-life and imaginary animals, accompanied by moralising tales – ...

The Roopnagar Barnacle is the second instance when this species has been recorded in South Asia after three specimens were ...

A team of researchers from the University of Turku and the Natural Resources Institute Finland examined the foraging behaviour of barnacle geese in Northern Karelia, Finland. In this region ...

It must reach the grassy feeding grounds below, but in order to get there, the barnacle gosling must plummet more than 120m from its nest in the high cliffs of eastern Greenland. The mother calls ...

In Finland, barnacle geese are responsible for most of the agricultural damage caused by protected species, and the Finnish government pays annually up to €4 million in compensation to farmers.

Take barnacle geese. They lay their eggs 120 meters up the side of the cliff, away from predators. That's the same height as a 36-story building. But there's no food for the chicks to eat up there.

READ MORE: {{title}} According to the Wildlife Trusts, barnacles are a type of crustacean, related to crabs and lobsters. Goose barnacles filter feed on plankton and detritus, capturing it from ...

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.