A single Antarctic krill is about the size of your pinky finger. But with an estimated population of more than 700 trillion in the Southern Ocean, the tiny crustacean’s collective impact across ...

Antarctic krill form large swarms which can reach over a kilometer ... "Nanoplastics are invisible to the human eye but they can have a big impact in the environment. Understanding that it's ...

Hellessey says that while people tend to celebrate the large, charismatic Antarctic animals, such as penguins and whales, krill are the big link that ties everything together. The new study ...

Blue whales lunge through large swarms of krill with their mouths open ... Watch how a blue whales lunges for its food. A jar of krill specimens with visible eye spots. Blue whales eat huge volumes of ...

In a second set of experiments, the researchers showed that krill reduced their rate of ingesting algae for food by 64% when penguin poo was added to the water, dropping from 12.7 micrograms of ...

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) form a cornerstone of the Southern Ocean ecosystem. “They’re the main food source for all of the big, charismatic fauna,” says Nicole Hellessey ...