Demand for ocean divers who specialize in barnacle scraping is soaring as ships stranded in the Persian Gulf for more than ...

Four months?” said Derek Hamm of Obsessive Compulsive Divers in Marathon, Florida. “Man. That’s plenty of time for a lot of ...

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.

Hundreds of oil tankers cannot sail even after Hormuz reopened. Months at anchor left them covered in marine organisms, ...

The defense acquisition system is like an 18th century wooden warship that has been out to sea for too long, accumulating such a surfeit of barnacles that it can barely float, let alone operate under ...

WASILLA -- The Matanuska-Susitna Borough's never-used passenger ferry Susitna will get a much-needed tuneup, but one that doesn't include removing the layer of sea life coating its hulls. The Mat-Su ...

Watch this aesthetic video of scraping turtle barnacles!