Krill love to stick together in swarms. In a new book, Ashley Ward writes about how these massive social bubbles keep ocean life afloat.

Antarctic krill form the biggest biomass swarms on Earth. “You can even see them from space,” says Alicia Burns, a behavioral biologist at Taronga Conservation Society Australia.

When fish or tiny, shrimp-like krill get together, it appears they follow the same set of "rules." According to a new study, shoals of fish and swarms of krill hang out in groups that take on the ...

The shrimp-like creatures are migrating north as the warming conditions of climate change intensify, according to new research. Krill form the majority of the diets of whales, penguins and fish.

Nicol notes that krill are among the most abundant animals on Earth, and in the Southern Ocean they can assemble in staggeringly large swarms of up of 30 trillion individuals. Also, they can glow ...

Krill are invertebrates that grow to about two inches in length and live in large schools, or swarms, as dense as 10,000 krill per cubic meter of water.

Scientists copy krill to develop swarms of aquatic robots. The Pleobot replicates the pleopods on the underside of actual krill (pictured) Depositphotos. View 2 Images 1 / 2.

Zooplankton like copepods aren’t just fish food—they’re carbon-hauling powerhouses. By diving deep into the ocean each winter ...

Researchers have created 3D animations of giant krill swarms in the Southern Ocean, discovering a puzzling "gender imbalance" among the tiny crustaceans which sustain the world's largest animal ...

When Antarctic krill swarm, the semi-transparent shrimp-like crustaceans join together in the millions or trillions, forming dense coral-colored underwater clouds as they swim in sync with one ...

Back then, krill used to swarm so densely that they reddened the surface of the Southern Ocean. Whales feasted so intensely that sailors would spot their water spouts punching upward in every ...

Whales breathing near several krill trawlers in the Southern Ocean. CREDIT: Ralph Lee Hopkins. ... Other predators including penguins and seals do not go after swarms in this manner.