Here is a picture of an all-white barnacle goose that recently turned up in the 5,000-strong Sligo flock that we monitor. Is it rare? – Vianney Tully, Sligo Well, it certainly didn’t get to your ...

Q. My son and I often find cone-shaped shells attached to shells and debris on the beach. The attached shells are all sizes and some are quite large. They are mostly white or white-ish purple with an ...

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 ...

These barnacle legs look like a brush that might be used by a chimney sweep. Often attached to ships, barnacles use their hairy legs to comb through the water to collect organisms, mostly microscopic ...

Barnacles are marine mammals that are known as fouling organisms because they accumulate under boats. They keep their strong hold with a waterproof glue. If you watch a barnacle close up, you can see ...

In absolute terms, the blue whale has the largest penis of any animal—a huge mobile appendage that can reach 10 feet in length. But the blue whale itself is enormous. If you take body size into ...