A barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) chick must must make a 120-metre jump in order to join its parents at the bottom to find its first meal (credit: BBC) At just two to three days old, tiny ...

It must reach the grassy feeding grounds below, but in order to get there, the barnacle gosling must plummet more than 120m from its nest in the high cliffs of eastern Greenland. The mother calls ...

Rising temperatures in the Arctic are encouraging Barnacle geese to speed up their migration journeys north every spring, says a new study. But their efforts to go faster are leaving them too ...

Dumfriesshire’s WWT Caerlaverock staff are waiting for the first barnacle geese arriving from the faraway Norwegian islands of Svalbard. And fingers are crossed that this year’s population ...

Thousands of barnacle geese were lost at the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust (WWT) Caerlaverock site on the Solway Firth. They have begun to return this year as they head south from Svalbard ...

In this research project we studied barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) for their potential role as carriers of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL), plasmidic AmpC (pAmpC) and ...

These are Dutch barnacle geese at Spitsbergen tundra. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or ...

like Brent Geese and Barnacle Geese. They are normally found nearer to the coast." READ MORE: Stunning pictures show rare sighting of 70 white storks from Sussex Dr Ross-Smith believes this is the ...

An incredible image of a football covered in goose barnacles is the winner of this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards. The picture was chosen from more than 14,000 entries by both amateur ...

One thing we learn quickly as caregivers is that the best baby clothes aren’t just cute and stylish—they’re practical. They keep your baby comfortable, they make diaper changes easier and ...

Percebes, known as goose barnacles in English, are incredibly hard to harvest, which is why a pound of them — usually 15 to 20 barnacles — cost about $100. The price also varies depending on ...