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 ...

Marine organisms that fasten to the bottoms of ships have always been a scourge to seafaring. By monitoring how the larvae of acorn barnacles go about finding suitable spots to attach themselves, ...

Whitish barnacles encrust boats and nearly every other solid object that spends time submerged in salt water. Everything from whales and sea turtles to crabs must either scrape off these crusty ...

A tiny alien-like creature washed up on Padre Island National Seashore earlier this week, and lucky for us it was caught on camera. The seashore's official Instagram account posted the video Monday of ...

If you are stuck to a rock it is tricky to get close enough to a partner to mate. One solution to this problem would be to release eggs or sperm into the open water, which is what many animals in this ...

Barnacles might look like jagged little rocks, but they have a surprisingly wild sex life. Acorn barnacles might look like jagged little rocks at low tide, but they have a surprisingly wild sex life.

There are hundreds of species of barnacle and they do some very peculiar things (from our perspective). The larvae swim freely, but when they are ready to settle, they glue their heads to a rock or ...

Blathers' Blabber: They attach to hard places, and though they look like bivalves, they are related to shrimp and crab. Some species are even edible and have a very crab-like taste to them, making ...