This loggerhead sea turtle washed ashore in Texas covered in layer of encrustation, including barnacles in its mouth, experts discovered. Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research photo It’s common for slow ...

A humpback whale got so close to a California whale watching group that they could “hear his barnacles moving,” Gone Whale Watching San Diego said in a video. Screengrab from Gone Whale Watching San ...

The recent discovery of a fossilized whale bone, curiously adorned with barnacles, has furnished scientists with a unique window into the migratory patterns of these aquatic giants from a bygone era.

STORY: These fishermen from Spain's treacherous "Death Coast" are braving crashing waves to harvest a prized Christmas food: the gooseneck barnacle. But the future of the delicacy is now under threat.