The animals we best know as fish food help to store millions of tons of carbon in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

POINT it appeared that fish oil supplements were going to save us all. Rescue from heart disease, defense against cognitive ...

Researchers measured the amount of nitrogen and carbon in the whiskers, which tells them the kinds of animals the leopard ...

Estimated summer abundance and krill consumption of fin whales throughout the Scotia Sea during the 2018/2019 summer season. Scientific Reports, 14 (1), 7493. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-57378-3 ...

Krill are ocean-dwelling crustaceans highly sought as food by sea predators. The main krill species live in the Southern Ocean (Antarctic Ocean) and might spend more time trying not to become food for ...

Zooplankton like copepods aren’t just fish food—they’re carbon-hauling powerhouses. By diving deep into the ocean each winter ...

"So, to make them pink, farmers add astaxanthin to their feed, which is the same antioxidant that wild salmon get from eating ...

Penguins are flightless birds found primarily on the coasts and islands of Antarctica, South America, Australia, New Zealand, ...

Sydney’s harbor becomes a humpback highway in winter as the whales migrate from feeding grounds in Antarctica to breeding ...

Individual leopard seals specialize in specific prey types despite being generalist species, reshaping ecosystem dynamics.