“Marine snow,” a continuous shower of organic debris ... These tiny, often overlooked, organisms might not possess the grandeur of whales or the mystique of deep-sea predators, but their ...

The parents and students at her house in Spicewood are all going with her this month to the land of snow, ice ... The penguins' diet is 90% krill. The blue whales eat tons of krill per day." ...

Having long dreamed of Antarctic expeditions, writer and adventurer Blair Braverman finally makes it to the White Continent—and gives herself up to a different way of traveling.

The number of humpback whales in the north Pacific fell by 20 percent. Other species that are crucial to the economic lifeblood of Alaska — from chum salmon to snow crabs — have also plummeted.

One of Antarctica’s most surreal and beautiful phenomena is its frozen waves. These formations, shaped by wind and ice over ...

Antarctica is the last place on earth you can still get that authentic explorer feeling,” smiles Swan Hellenic expedition guide and ...

Being later in the November to March season means more snow has melted, and the nesting sites get pink and pongy with poop from baby penguins being stuffed full of shrimp-like krill ... a close ...

“This region is a crucial feeding habitat for Antarctic krill, their main prey further south.” To understand how these changes are affecting whales, scientists are trying to find out more ...

Krill, the small crustaceans that serve as the main food source for some types of blue whales, among other species, store carbon by sinking their fecal pellets (which are larger than those of ...