A single Antarctic krill is about the size of your pinky finger. But with an estimated population of more than 700 trillion in the Southern Ocean, the tiny crustaceanโ€™s collective impact across the ...

Tiny Antarctic Krill Benefit the Planet in Big Ways, but Face a Barrage of Threats

Which krill oil supplements are best? There is a lot of buzz about omega-3 today and numerous options for consumers to sort through. Krill oil is one of the best sources of omega-3 fatty acids that ...

In search of krill, fishing vessels in the Southern Ocean encounter penguins during their main breeding season in the immediate vicinity of their breeding colonies. Antarctic krill is a key species in ...

National Geographic news: Why penguin poop makes krill swim for their lives

A new study shows that the mere presence of poop prompted the crustaceans to launch into evasive maneuvers. New research suggests that the presence of penguin poop causes krill to lose their appetite, ...

Mongabay: Antarctic krill store massive amounts of carbon in the deep ocean, researchers find

Antarctic krill trap vast amounts of carbon from the atmosphere in the ocean floor through their sinking fecal pellets, a new study reports. The annual amount is similar to that stored by โ€œblue carbon ...

Antarctic krill store massive amounts of carbon in the deep ocean, researchers find

EurekAlert!: Krill in the Antarctic: Scientific data directly from krill fishing vessels