Genomics reveals that there is more to the barnacle than meets the eye, Henry Gee reports. When Charles Darwin returned home from his five-year trip aboard HMS Beagle, fired up with news about ...

Barnacle geese nest high in Arctic cliffs, to avoid predators like foxes. Watch as the birds survive an extreme plunge to begin their lives. 8:07.

Most barnacles sit on hard surfaces, and filter small particles of food from the surrounding water. But Anelasma squalicola is an exception. It’s a parasitic barnacle that eats sharks, by ...