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 ...
Whale barnacles line the edges of the flukes of a humpback whale. Photo courtesy of Blue Ocean Whale Watch. BERKELEY, Calif. – Barnacles that hitch rides on the backs of humpback and gray whales not ...