As Antarctic krill face unprecedented challenges in the Southern Ocean, a new project has been launched to better understand these important invertebrates. Rising temperatures are putting the ...

Antarctic krill sequester similar amounts of carbon to key coastal blue carbon habitats. Nature Communications , 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52135-6 Cite This Page : ...

The population of Antarctic krill, the favorite food of many whales, penguins, fish and seals, shifted southward during a recent period of warming in their key habitat, researchers report.

Antarctic krill are usually less than 6 cm in length but their size belies the major role they play in sustaining much of the life in the Southern Ocean. They are the primary food source for many ...

Antarctic sea ice is more than just a platform for penguins. The sea ice's high reflectivity influences the whole Earth's ...

Antarctic krill trap vast amounts of carbon from the atmosphere in the ocean floor through their sinking fecal pellets, a new study reports. The annual amount is similar to that stored by “blue ...

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 ...

Scientists are questioning whether a ‘regime shift’ to a new state of diminished Antarctic sea-ice coverage is underway, due ...

In Antarctica’s Palmer Station lab, scientists put wild-caught krill through a series of tests to see if they could identify the presence of a predator—in this case, Adélie penguins—by ...

Rising temperatures are putting the future of Antarctic krill at risk. Numbering in the trillions and collectively weighing hundreds of millions of tonnes, Antarctic krill are among the most numerous ...