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

A newly discovered dragonfish, isolated for 780,000 years in Antarctica’s frozen waters, has just been revealed.

Scientists discover a new species of Antarctic dragonfish, isolated for 780,000 years, vulnerable to global warming and ...

In order to evaluate the effects on glycemic hormones, the gene expression of insa, glucagon and pck1 was examined. Compared to the control treatment-free group, the expression of insa gene was ...

For example, addition of Antarctic krill shell powder to feed significantly improved the growth performance of Macrobrachium nipponense and enhanced its digestive and antioxidant capacities (Yan et al ...

Feeding Habits and Diet Ice fish. Image by Wikimedia commons. Icefish are active predators with feeding strategies adapted to the Antarctic marine food web. Most species are carnivorous, feeding ...

Icefish are krill feeders—80 percent of their diet is normally krill—so their stomachs can tell us what's happening with krill. I've done something like 650 icefish in the last couple of weeks.

In lab experiments, Antarctic krill that smelled trouble — in the form of penguin poop — were quick to make a break for it. Gerald Corsi/iStock/Getty Images Plus By Maria Temming ...

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 ...

He is extraordinarily proud that his daughter works in Antarctica, and has grown accustomed to explaining zooplankton to others. “It’s kind of the bottom of the food chain,” he tells people.

Krill are food for some of the largest animals on the planet - including giant whales that migrate thousands of kilometres, to Antarctica, to feed on them. They are also the foundation of a ...