The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...

The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

The University of Washington conducted a study that offers more support to this claim, arguing that whale excrement holds ...

British Antarctic Survey scientists on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia are working to better understand the rich ...

The islands, which the U.K. governs as an overseas territory but which Argentina also claims, are inhabited by millions of seals and birds, and the surrounding waters teem with fish and krill.

But the crustacean’s future, and that of its predators, by extension, are increasingly in jeopardy due to climate change and a growing commercial krill fishery. Rising air and sea temperatures ...

Making measurements of krill (prey) alongside their predators (whales) in near-shore areas is technically challenging and will provide new insights into controls on swarm behavior and distribution.” ...

Similarly, Hammarstedt outlines threats faced by krill, which rely on the shelter provided by sea ice cover to feed on phytoplankton out of reach of predators. By 2100, krill numbers are expected ...

Researchers found that whale feces contain iron and non-toxic copper, essential nutrients for ocean ecosystems. The study ...