A 13-day survey conducted in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) found a large variety of marine life living in the region, ...

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

Researchers from the University of Murica (Murica, Spain), the Carlos III Health Institute (Madrid, Spain), and the University of Siena (Siena, Italy) evaluated the concentration of polychlorinated ...

Tiny ocean zooplankton play a massive role in trapping carbon deep below the surface, offering a hidden buffer against ...

A new study has revealed that small but mighty zooplankton—including copepods, krill, and salps—are key players in the ...

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 ...

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: These tiny crustaceans are a vital food source for many marine animals. Some krill species can emit light, likely for communication or defense.

Krill are a keystone species in Antarctica and, unfortunately for them, they reside near the bottom of the food chain. They provide food for some marine species and one of those species is the Adélie ...

In a second set of experiments, the researchers showed that krill reduced their rate of ingesting algae for food by 64% when penguin poo was added to the water, dropping from 12.7 micrograms of ...

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 ...

With sea ice declining and industrial fishing growing, we urgently need to better manage the fishery and protect krill habitats within a network of marine protected areas. ‘Krill from Space’ may give ...