WWF, the University of Strathclyde and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have teamed up for the pioneering project, which ...

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

Whales are the biggest krill predators in South Georgia, but researchers still don’t know exactly how much krill they eat or how their ... by SGSSI and the UK’s Blue Belt Program.

Some of the biggest individuals may eat up to 6 tons of krill in 1 day. Blue whales are also found in all oceans except the Arctic Ocean. Moreover, there are currently five identifiable and recognized ...

Whales are the biggest krill predators in South Georgia, but researchers still don't know exactly how much krill they eat or how their feeding habits ... The groundfish survey is funded by SGSSI and ...

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When certain algae flourish in the sea, they produce neurotoxins that can sicken both humans and marine animals. Acute ...

Toothed whales have teeth instead of the keratinous baleen that blue whales and others use to feed on tiny animals, such as krill. Sperm whales, which feed mainly on squid, are the largest predators ...

A blue whale's blowhole is so large that a baby could fit inside it. Like you and me, whales have lungs. They don’t have ...

A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.

Rescuers have freed a humpback whale that was caught up in a rope at a fish farm off the Isle of Skye. The mammal was spotted by a member of the public being in difficulty at the Invertote salmon ...

A sperm whale washed ashore on Cuttyhunk Island off Cape Cod Sunday, the International Fund for Animal Welfare said in a statement. The most recent whale discovery is part of a series of whale ...