In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Richard Palmer of the University of Alberta reveals a surprising find about how some barnacles reproduce. Richard Palmer is a professor of biology at the University of ...

The gooseneck barnacle (with a relaxed penis at arrow) is capable of a method of sex previously unobserved in barnacles, upending 150 years of theory. Image via Barazandeh, et al. Proc. R. Soc. B.

If an enemy you were previously safe from turned up in your neighborhood, what would you do? That's a problem currently being faced by barnacles in northern Mexico, which are growing sideways to ...

In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Alberta's Richard Palmer describes a surprising find about how some barnacles reproduce. Palmer is a professor of biology at Alberta, where his research ...

In today’s Academic Minute, Richard Palmer of the University of Alberta reveals a surprising find about how some barnacles reproduce. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.

Here’s everything you wanted to know about barnacle penises but were too afraid to ask. I’m Anna Rothschild, and this is Gross Science. Listen, barnacle penises are fascinating things. First of all, ...

Some barnacles are 'morphing' to protect themselves from predatory warm-water sea snails, which are expanding into their territory due to climate change. Some barnacles are 'morphing' to protect ...

Migration is an integral part of whale ecology. Many whales spend summers feeding in cold waters, then move to warmer tropical waters to breed. The demands of long distance migration has played a key ...