In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Richard Palmer of the University of Alberta reveals a surprising find about how some barnacles reproduce. Richard Palmer is a professor of biology at the University of ...

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.

In today’s Academic Minute, Richard Palmer of the University of Alberta reveals a surprising find about how some barnacles reproduce. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.

In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Alberta's Richard Palmer describes a surprising find about how some barnacles reproduce. Palmer is a professor of biology at Alberta, where his research ...

It can be hard to find a sexual partner when you are glued to a rock. Barnacles famously get around this problem by having penises longer than their bodies, so that they can seek out relatively ...

Barnacles are best known as sessile creatures that stick to rocks or perhaps ships. But some species of barnacles glue themselves to whales. They create a tight bond to the whale ...