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 just a few centimetres long fully grown, but are one of the most abundant animals on Earth Scientists say subtle differences in the colour of seawater will enable them to count tiny ...

Krill are the centre of the Southern Ocean food web above the seabed, sustaining penguins, seals and the world’s largest animals, including blue whales. These tiny creatures are also climate heroes, ...

That is not how it works for these animals,” Savoca said. In an emailed response to Mongabay, Javier Arata, executive officer with the Association of Responsible Krill Harvesting Companies (ARK ...

scientists like Reisinger and Werner say it is imperative to set stricter catch limits on krill in certain areas where other animals are feeding, as well as establish a network of marine protected ...

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

After hitting a stalemate on negotiations in October 2024, members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) and the fishing industry at large are hoping ...

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Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.