An iconic attribute of humpback whales are not harmful to the animals, according to the Port McNeill-based Marine Education ...

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 ...

If you've ever been on a whale-watching tour and seen these majestic animals, you may have noticed barnacles growing on some of the whales. The relationship between barnacles and whales is one for ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Almost by definition, barnacles are immobile: these crustaceans cluster on surfaces such as whale heads, sea turtle shells, coastal rocks, and ...

Celebrate the annual migration with whale walks, beach fires, chowder and wine tastings, whale-themed music and more.

New research suggests male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on if they are more likely to fight or flee from a predator.

Majestic gray whales migrate off the California coast in spring and, like barnacles hoping to latch on, thousands of people flock to see them. This year will bring more whale festivals than in ...

Merrill wanted to test the acoustic signatures of the materials to see whether the whales were being confused by plastics. After rounding up some typical, and barnacle-encrusted, plastic trash from ...