The Barnacle is a new way for parking patrols to immobilize vehicles. Instead of using a boot to keep a wheel from moving, officers can slap a Barnacle across the windshield, suction it to the glass, ...

Barnacle penises are amazing. That’s not a direct quote from Charles Darwin, but it might as well have been; the naturalist was obsessed with the little crustaceans’ very large members. Now scientists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— You’ve heard of cars getting the boot, but this summer drivers could be dealing with a ...

Returning to your car to find a ticket tucked under the wiper sucks. So imagine how you'd feel finding a six square foot block of yellow plastic splayed across your windshield, rendering it impossible ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drivers accumulating unpaid parking tickets in West Palm Beach may find an unwelcome surprise when they return to their cars. The ...

When it comes to long distance relationships, it seems the barnacle has it all figured out. That's because if they fancy a mate who is far away, the male can simply make his penis longer to meet the ...

Even Charles Darwin marveled at the length of the barnacle's penis. In some species, it's up to eight times the body length. Not all barnacles are so well-endowed, however, raising the question of how ...

Some barnacles are 'morphing' to protect themselves from predatory warm-water sea snails, which are expanding into their territory due to climate change. Research led by the University of Southampton ...

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.

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 fastening ...