Marine biologist Carrie Newell photographed four blue whales — the largest animals on Earth — 3 miles off Depoe Bay.

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At the bottom of the world lies a region as magnificent as it is misunderstood: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Harsh, ...

Krill is the cornerstone of the Antarctic ecosystem, feeding everything from blue whales, the largest animals to ever exist, to seals, penguins, and countless seabirds. Despite their tiny size ...

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

This week on Ecolution, RTÉ's climate action podcast for young people, we take to the high seas to meet some amazing people ...

They eat krill, and they eat a lot of it. A blue whale’s stomach can hold 2,200 pounds of krill at a time, and they eat around 9,000 pounds of krill each day.

Antarctic krill is a key species in the Antarctic marine ecosystem as an important food source for many species, such as whales, seals and penguins. However, the small crustaceans are increasingly ...

An endangered humpback whale was recently spotted showing severe injuries from an apparent collision with a boat near Glacier ...

Park Service officials said they’re looking for more information on last month’s encounter with what appeared to be a medium ...

Officials at Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve are asking the public for help gathering information on an ...