Climate change is also driving penguins to colonize new areas, or to stay in regions longer than they normally would, ...

Krill is considered to be the largest animal biomass in the wild on Earth and is an important prey species for baleen whales ...

“Here we show for the first time that a small amount of penguin guano causes a sudden change in the feeding and swimming behaviors of Antarctic krill,” said Dr. Nicole Hellessey, a postdoctoral ...

A rising, global demand for krill as a dietary supplement has been ravaging Antarctica's remote, frigid waters through krill ...

Industrial krill vessel fishing among feeding whales in Antarctica. Photo by Youenne Kerdavid/Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd Global CEO Alex Co ...

"Here we show for the first time that a small amount of penguin guano causes a sudden change in the feeding and swimming behaviors of Antarctic krill," said Dr. Nicole Hellessey, a postdoctoral ...

The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge. In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape, researchers report March 20 ...

Bird poop. That’s what researchers at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences theorize after studying the movements of krill trawled from Antarctica’s Bransfield Strait. According to their ...

Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification hinders the development of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, research published in Marine Frontiers reveals. The Antarctic Ocean Alliance ...

Feathers from three penguin species – Adelie, gentoo and chinstrap – were collected during the 2010-11 breeding season by ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced sweeping tariffs that encompass Heard and McDonald Islands—Australian external ...

Ho CMgr FCMI, an educator and entrepreneur, a trip to Antarctica reinforced the stark need to “think beyond the organisation” ...