A single Antarctic krill is about the size of your pinky finger. But with an estimated population of more than 700 trillion ...
A keystone prey species in the Southern Ocean is retreating towards the Antarctic because of climate change. Krill are small, shrimp-like creatures that swarm in vast numbers and form a major part ...
Climate change is also driving penguins to colonize new areas, or to stay in regions longer than they normally would, ...
The penguin poop didn’t only influence krill movements. In another phase of the experiment, researchers noticed the ...
Imagine looking at the world through the stalked compound eyes of krill in the Southern Ocean. All of a sudden, a penguin ...
The study suggests that even the faintest hint of penguin droppings in the water is enough to prompt krill into escape ...
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 ...
An expedition to study Antarctic krill and the baleen whales that feed upon them is underway in the Antarctic Peninsula. The project is funded by the UK Government through Darwin Plus. The team of ...
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 ...
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