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

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

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 ...

But rising sea temperatures are causing krill nurseries lose their protective sea ice, causing populations to shrink and shift south. As a cornerstone to the Antarctic food web above the sea floor ...

Make a model of a food web. Explain how changes in the population ... Macaroni penguins, leopard seals, krill, elephant seals, snow petrels, skuas, fur seals, squid, various insects, and grass.

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

The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain ...

For humpback whales in the Pacific, their songs may be a solid indicator of the type of food that is swimming nearby ... Initially, there was a large increase in krill, shortly followed by ...

Blue whales lunge through large swarms of krill with their mouths open, taking in more food in one mouthful than any other animal on Earth. Krill make up the vast majority of a blue whale's diet. The ...

As food for a plethora of species and massive sequesterers of carbon, krill are a keystone species in the Antarctic. It is estimated that there are approximately 700 trillion adult Antarctic krill ...