That creates a record of the oceans they’ve been in as passengers on whales. To see if barnacles had the same properties long ago, Taylor hunted down fossils that lived on early humpback whales ...

You can check out more of her work here. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Almost by definition, barnacles are immobile: these crustaceans cluster on surfaces such as whale heads, ...

Consider barnacles that attach themselves to whales. The whales aren't harmed, but the filter-feeding hitchhikers get ferried around the ocean and may find more food than if they were stuck in one ...

Whale watcher Lyndsay McNeill said she could tell from barnacles on its dorsal fin and scratches on its back that the same whale was seen off the Isle of Coll last August. Ms McNeill, of Scottish ...