Humans have discovered ways to get rid of old, dead skin cells – and it turns out humpback whales have made this self-care advancement, too. Whales will roll around in sandy, shallow bay areas to ...

Scroll long enough, and you will see barnacles portrayed all over social media as ocean troublemakers. People violently scrape them off ship hulls and sea turtles like they are the problem. In reality ...

May 18—Did you know that migrating humpback whales exfoliate, i.e. roll around on the debris on the ocean floor to remove dead skin and barnacles? Researchers at Griffith University in Australia used ...

Studying what whales do underwater has always been hard, but thanks to new video and geolocation technology, scientists are now able to snag little glimpses of life beneath the sea and bring them to ...

Interpreting Barnacle Fossils to Track Whale Migration By examining the barnacles on the fossilized whale bone, scientists were able to determine the migration route of the whale. Isotopic signatures ...

For our series Weekly Dose of Wonder, NPR's Carrie Feibel relays a new discovery involving humpback whales going to the undersea spa for some skin care. Scratching that hard-to-reach spot can ...

Living in a coastal area, things washing ashore onto beaches are not unusual. There have been a number of bizarre and strange things that have washed up on beaches around Dorset throughout the years- ...

Secreting a fast-curing cement, these crustaceans latch themselves on to any hard surface - rocks, boats, whales and walls – and hold on for life. But don’t let these sticky sea creatures fool you.