Southern Ocean whale populations are being threatened by human activity — a trend that could worsen global warming, Stanford researchers found in a study published in September. Researchers at ...

“When we use an echo sounder to observe a krill swarm, we want to be able to interpret these signals and determine how many krill make up the swarm” A team of Antarctic scientists hopes that an ...

Giulia Wood, a 2018 High School graduate, is one of 43 U.S. college students picked to receive a prestigious Marshall ...

While most of us may just think of krill as baleen whale food, the tiny crustaceans are also very adept swimmers … enough so that scientists have now developed a krill-inspired robotic platform in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Robotics engineers are one step closer to building a swarm of krill ...

Last month, the U.N. issued an alarming report predicting worldwide starvation by the year 2050 if we don’t drastically change how and what we eat. A growing number of activists, environmentalists, ...

Krill oil is one of the best sources of omega-3 fatty acids that offer health benefits for the heart, joints and immune system.

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, ...

Scientists have discovered Antarctic krill living and feeding down to depths of 3000 meters in the waters around the Antarctic Peninsula. Until now this shrimp-like crustacean was thought to live only ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Although a single penguin is capable of devouring thousands of krill ...

If you’re like most people, you probably haven’t given krill much thought. You’ve heard of them, of course. They’re the small, shrimp-like animals that live in great swarms in most of the world’s ...