As Antarctic krill face unprecedented challenges in the Southern Ocean, ... As part of the project, they aim to target 10,000 gene sequences, ...

They aim to target 10,000 gene sequences, including those associated with the krill’s response to temperature. They will then compare historic specimens in the Natural History Museum and krill ...

Antarctic sea ice is more than just a platform for penguins. The sea ice's high reflectivity influences the whole Earth's ...

In addition, the research team also found out that Antarctic Krill, whose genome is around 16 times longer than that of a human, have a total of 25 significantly expanded gene families. It means ...

To survive, krill can fast for up to 200 days and even shrink their bodies from adult to juvenile size when food is scarce. They can also lay thousands of eggs in one go that sink to 1,000 to ...

Krill “are consumed by all these different animals in the Antarctic, from whales, to seals, to fish, to penguins, to flying seabirds,” says Nicole Bransome, an officer with the Pew Charitable ...

Antarctic krill are one of the most abundant species in the world in terms of biomass, but scientists and conservationists are concerned about the future of the species due to overfishing, climate ...

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 ...

Imagine looking at the world through the stalked compound eyes of krill in the Southern Ocean. All of a sudden, a penguin appears like a voracious giant, streamlined like a torpedo, chasing and ...

As part of the project, they aim to target 10,000 gene sequences, including those associated with the krill’s response to temperature. They will then compare historic specimens in the Natural History ...