Yachts by their very nature are big investments. Beyond price, is the issue of maintenance. A good crew is needed to keep vessels in ship shape. But time spent in the water takes its toll on a yacht's ...

Have you ever noticed tiny, white, volcano-like bumps on a boat hull, a rock, or even a sea turtle, and wondered what they are and how they stay glued even after being in water for so long? Barnacles ...

These barnacle legs look like a brush that might be used by a chimney sweep. Often attached to ships, barnacles use their hairy legs to comb through the water to collect organisms, mostly microscopic ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Probability alone tells us that the fraction of shoreline ­simultaneously blanketed and agitated by free logs — especially ...