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

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 ...

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 in ...

The penguin poop didn’t only influence krill movements. In another phase of the experiment, researchers noticed the ...

The study suggests that even the faintest hint of penguin droppings in the water is enough to prompt krill into escape ...

New research led by a University of Tasmania (UTAS) researcher has revealed that one particular smelly substance can trigger ...

The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain Gabe Castro-Root A single Antarctic krill is about the size of your pinky ...

Scientists have shown for the first time that Antarctic krill show a stereotypical reaction in the presence of guano from ...

"There's estimated to be about 300 million [metric] tons of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, which is the greatest biomass of a single wild animal species globally," Dr. Smith said.

Antarctic krill are one of the most abundant animals on earth and are a major food source for many predators, including fish, penguins, seals and baleen whales. Antarctic krill also send carbon to ...

Just a faint whiff of penguin poop pushes their favorite prey to take "frantic" evasive action, reveals new research.

Antarctic krill feed on phytoplankton ... Scientists performed an experiment on the feces produced by these animals, investigating how nanoplastic contamination affects the breakdown of the ...