At the annual Gliding Barnacles Festival in Figueira da Foz, Portugal, traditional longboarding serves as the hook for an ...

Gooseneck barnacles are one of the most expensive seafoods in the world. Just 1 pound can cost over $100 in Spain and Portugal, where the barnacles are considered a delicacy. But getting your hands on ...

Not all barnacles just sit on rocks and ships. Some invade crabs, growing like a parasitic root system that hijacks their bodies. A mysterious group called y-larvae has baffled scientists for over a ...

A sea turtle struggling in the ocean off the coast of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates caught an amazingly lucky break. In what was surely a chance in a million, a jet skier noticed the ...

Many marine organisms use camouflage or mimicry to survive. Barnacles, which are a type of crab, are often mistaken for mollusks. Sea squirts, which are invertebrates, are part of the same phylum as ...

Secreting a fast-curing cement, these crustaceans latch themselves on to any hard surface - rocks, boats, whales and walls – and hold on for life. But don’t let these sticky sea creatures fool you.

Yachts by their very nature are big investments. Beyond price, is the issue of maintenance. A good crew is needed to keep vessels in ship shape. But time spent in the water takes its toll on a yacht's ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crews scraped barnacles from the large lock at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard on Friday as part of annual maintenance cleaning. The 55-foot-deep chamber was ...