By Bobby Bascomb Nearly all of Antarctica’s iconic wildlife, from penguins to seals and whales, depend on krill, tiny ...

More than a dozen supertrawlers are licensed to fish for krill, a tiny crustacean and key food source for whales, dolphins and other animals that travel thousands of miles to feed on it.

Humpback whales in Charlotte Bay exhibited a preference for larger krill, suggesting that they are selective foragers that optimize their feeding strategies based on prey characteristics[2].

An expedition to study Antarctic krill and the baleen whales that feed upon them is underway in the Antarctic Peninsula. The project is funded by the UK Government through Darwin Plus. The team of ...

Whale sharks typically gather around Ningaloo Reef every year from March through July to feast on the plankton and krill that are abundant after the reef spawns. While they are usually found in ...

As climate change and commercial fishing threaten krill, the crustaceans that fuel Antarctica’s entire food web, scientists ...

Upwellings of cold deep currents, full of shrimp and krill create an underwater buffet for whales of all kinds. The opportunity to see any of these graceful giants has been the basis of the whale ...

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