Engineers at Tufts University have developed new type of glue inspired by the incredible sticking power of some common underwater crustaceans and molluscs. Starting with the fibrous silk protein ...

If you have ever tried to chip a mussel off a seawall or a barnacle off the bottom of a boat, you will understand that we could learn a great deal from nature about how to make powerful adhesives.

Oct. 20 (UPI) --In the Gulf of Maine, water temperatures are rising faster than anywhere else on the planet. And, like most everywhere else in the ocean, Maine's waters are also getting more acidic.

A non-toxic underwater glue that is inspired by barnacles and made from silk is stronger than most synthetic adhesives. Barnacles and mussels use a clever combination of factors to stick to rocks or ...

Barnacle cement can withstand pressures of up to 5,000 pounds per square inch. The cyprid larva stage creates a biological deadline that dictates permanent attachment failure. Scientists discovered ...

Mussels, barnacles, and snails are declining in the Gulf of Maine, according to a new article by biologists. Their 20-year dataset reveals that the populations' steady dwindling matches up with the ...

To prepare Catalan-style mussels, start with the How to Clean and Open Mussels. After rinsing the mollusks under running water (1), with the help of a knife, remove encrustations and barnacles from ...