Antarctic krill keep revealing new superpowers. Euphausia superba, the Southern Ocean’s ubiquitous krill species, sequester large amounts of carbon via their profuse poop. Now, scientists have ...

Some of the largest living animals on the planet eat the tiniest food. For humpback whales, it's krill – small shrimp-like animals floating in the ocean. Capturing enough krill can take a lot of work, ...

Individual krill are small, but humpback whales consume huge quantities of them. (Photo credit: National Marine Sanctuaries) Humpback whale surface feeding. (Photo by Logan Pallin) UCSC postdoc Logan ...

Antarctic krill fishing could threaten the recovery of whale species that were nearly wiped out by industrial whaling, according to a study led by CU Boulder and Stanford University, and published ...

Marine mammals that almost went extinct are now competing with commercial trawlers for food. By Laura Baisas Published Sep 10, 2024 5:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

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Researchers have more insight into salps -- a strange sea creature found in oceans around the world -- and what their presence means for the health of a marine ecosystem. Florida State University ...

"Both krill oil and fish oil are rich sources of omega-3 fatty acids, specifically EPA and DHA, which are known to support heart, brain, and metabolic health," confirms Michelle Routhenstein, ...

Apart from mammals and birds, most animals develop as eggs exposed to the vagaries of the outside world. This development is energetically "costly." Going from a tiny egg to a fully functioning ...

Researchers have presented important first steps in building underwater navigation robots. Picture a network of interconnected, autonomous robots working together in a coordinated dance to navigate ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Picture a network of interconnected, autonomous robots working together in a coordinated dance to navigate the pitch-black surroundings of the ocean while ...