The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge. In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape, researchers report March 20 in ...

New research led by a University of Tasmania (UTAS) researcher has revealed that one particular smelly substance can trigger ...

Humans aren't the only ones repelled by penguin poo, however. To krill, tiny shrimp-like creatures, the smell of penguin poo ...

The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain ...

Krill are a keystone species in the Antarctic, but their population is moving further south due to climate change.

For humpback whales in the Pacific, their songs may be a solid indicator of the type of food that is swimming nearby ... Initially, there was a large increase in krill, shortly followed by ...

As food for a plethora of species and massive sequesterers of carbon, krill are a keystone species in the Antarctic. It is estimated that there are approximately 700 trillion adult Antarctic krill ...

As food for a plethora of species and massive sequesterers of carbon, krill are a keystone species in the Antarctic. It is estimated that there are approximately 700 trillion adult Antarctic krill ...

Although a single penguin is capable of devouring thousands of krill in a single sitting, swarms of the zooplankton may detect disturbances in the water ahead of mealtime. The telltale sign?

The huge whales can eat up to four tonnes of krill every day. Blue whales lunge through large swarms of krill with their mouths open, taking in more food in one mouthful than any other animal on Earth ...

Neptune Technologies' Neptune Krill Oil supplement was listed in a Food and Drug Administration "import alert" issued in July 2011, which advised field personnel that they could detain shipments ...

Just a faint whiff of penguin poop pushes their favorite prey to take "frantic" evasive action, reveals new research. Antarctic krill swim in fast "zigzags" in reaction to guano from predators, ...