Satellite images are being used to discover how climate change is affecting penguin diets and the broader Antarctic ecosystem ...

Scientists from a handful of universities across the country have made innovative use of satellite images from NASA to ...

Antarctic krill are tiny, but they support whales, penguins, seals, seabirds, fish, and the wider Southern Ocean food web. As industrial krill fishing expands, conservationists warn that pressure on ...

Antarctic penguin colonies are showing dietary shifts, according to new satellite data. Researchers analysed guano stains to ...

Some populations of Antarctic krill are shifting south, closer to Antarctica, as ocean warming and sea-ice changes alter their habitat. Scientists fear the movement of krill will have a negative ...

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 carbon ...

The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales — species like humpbacks that filter tiny organisms from seawater for food. In the 20th century, ...

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) recently released a draft report for its fourth recertification of krill fishing in Antarctica by Aker QRILL Company. The certification would allow Aker to put an ...

When Antarctic krill swarm, the semi-transparent shrimp-like crustaceans join together in the millions or trillions, forming dense coral-colored underwater clouds as they swim in sync with one another ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Shrimp-like krill can thrive in icy waters 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) deep off Antarctica as well as near the surface, according to a study on Monday that shows krill stocks can survive ...