Barnacles may look nice and nautical on things like rocks, but they’re a major problem for watercraft of all sorts. On the hulls of ships, for example, they can drastically decrease the vessel’s ...

There is nothing like a long, lingering economic drought to expose the barnacles stubbornly clinging to the nation’s ships of state. Whether they are the smaller boats of municipal governments or the ...

SEATTLE — One of Seattle’s not-so-modern marvels was cleaned Friday by the Army Corps of Engineers and some well-equipped volunteers. The Ballard Locks are 105 years old and remain one of Seattle’s ...

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WEBVTT WHITNEY: I SPOKE TO A BOATINDUSTRY EXPERT WHO SAYSBARNACLES HAVE A HAND THATSTICKS OUT LIKE A FEATHER AND ITFILTERS THE WATER TO CATCHNUTRIENTS THAT'S FOOD FOR THEM,HE SAYS THE THIS SUMMER THEY ...

Every boater knows that barnacles are a big pain. Now the emphasis is on big. Mega barnacles have arrived in Florida. Some are large enough to make into a dice cup, a pencil holder or even a bud vase.

Local scientists are crossing their fingers that a barnacle-covered boat found washed up about a mile outside of Crescent City on Sunday evening will become the first positively identified item from ...