They are also the foundation of a healthy ocean - part of a virtuous cycle: Whales eat krill, krill eat microscopic plants that live in sea ice, and those plants absorb planet-warming carbon as ...

WWF, the University of Strathclyde and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have teamed up for the pioneering project, which ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...

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 healthy ...

Antarctic Krill may be no bigger than your little finger, but collectively they’re a powerhouse. Every day, these tiny crustaceans transfer 0.3 million tonnes of carbon to the deep ocean – equivalent ...

British scientists are hoping to monitor Antarctic krill from space as the species faces growing threats from climate change and overfishing.

Algal toxins can persist in marine ecosystems, entering whales’ bodies through the krill and fish they eat, the paper notes. They could affect the whales over the long term, potentially ...