Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see some "great species diversity." The "abundant" amount of krill in ...

Krill, small marine crustaceans that live in large schools, are some of the most common animals on Earth and a crucial food source for many marine species such as whales, seals and fish.

As the founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, Watson has long stood at the ...

Kim Bernard, at left, is an expert on Antarctic krill, a species crucial to the health of the continent’s food chain. For a research expedition on the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R.V. Falkor ...

Krill is a catchall term for roughly 86 species that are found throughout the world’s open oceans. They are only about the size of a human thumb, but play an important role in the global food web.

British scientists are hoping to monitor Antarctic krill from space as the species faces growing threats from climate change and overfishing.. WWF, the University of Strathclyde and the British ...

Antarctic krill is rich in omega-3 fatty acids and serves as the only food source for larger whale species like blues or fins, filtering easily through their bristly mouths and forming an integral ...

Antarctic krill is a key species in the Antarctic marine ecosystem: it is an important food source for many species, such as whales, seals and penguins. However, the small crustaceans are ...

A number of penguin species found in western Antarctica are declining as a result of a fall in the availability of krill, a study has suggested. Researchers, examining 30 years of data, said ...

Title image: An adult blue whale. (Credit: NOAA) Antarctic krill fishing could threaten the recovery of whale species that were nearly wiped out by industrial whaling, according to a study led by CU ...