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

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

Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean, the body of water surrounding Antarctica, are under threat from climate change. The area's ...

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 ...

A new study led by McGill University researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time ...

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

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

A new tool has been created to shed light on the mysterious lives of Antarctic krill. Picture: Peter Harmsen/Australian ...

Argentine and Chilean relations have not been traditionally smooth given the several borderline disputes both in land and in the sea, but there is a chance that this rivalry turns into a ...

South Georgia has been in the headlines after the world's largest iceberg ran aground off its coast amid concerns it could ...

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 ...