Fossil barnacles, the original GPS, help track ancient whale migrations
Monday, March 25, 2019 - 14:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Barnacles that hitch rides on the backs of humpback and gray whales not only record details about the whales' yearly travels, they also retain this information after they become fossilized, helping scientists reconstruct the migrations of whale populations millions of years in the past, according to a new University of California, Berkeley, study.