The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain ...

A 2023 meta-analysis found that krill oil made no impact on blood pressure or heart disease risk factors. “We need more ...

The findings are a window into the rich inner lives of whales – and allow us to check the health of the ocean.

Most people can get enough DHA and EPA by eating fatty, low-mercury fish—such as Alaskan salmon and sardines—at least twice weekly. If you take a supplement, consult a doctor because krill oil ...

Blue whales eat krill - tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans that live throughout Earth's oceans. The huge whales can eat up to four tonnes of krill every day. Blue whales lunge through large swarms of krill ...

They are also the foundation of a healthy ocean - part of a virtuous cycle: Whales eat krill, krill eat microscopic plants that live in sea ice, and those plants absorb planet-warming carbon as ...

Animals with specialized diets—such as chinstrap penguins, which only eat krill—could be more sensitive to the effects of human activities than those that eat a wider variety of foods, according to a ...

That suggests all these other animals that eat krill will face much more intense competition with each other for this important food resource,” Simeon Hill from the British Antarctic Survey told ...