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 ...

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 ...

It's a topic of conversation that sticks to the side of golf and the PGA Tour like a barnacle on a whale. Fans complain about the slog on a weekly basis, and CBS broadcaster Dottie Pepper even ...

Majestic gray whales migrate off the California coast in spring and, like barnacles hoping to latch on, thousands of people flock to see them. This year will bring more whale festivals than in ...