Here is a picture of an all-white barnacle goose that recently turned up in the 5,000-strong Sligo flock that we monitor. Is it rare? – Vianney Tully, Sligo Well, it certainly didn’t get to ...

In Finland, barnacle geese are responsible for most of the agricultural damage caused by protected species, and the Finnish government pays annually up to €4 million in compensation to farmers ...

Scanning electron micrograph of a filter feeding appendage (cirri) from a goose barnacle (Lepas). Goose barnacles are non-motile crustaceans that live in the sea attached to rocks and floating objects ...