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

While the presence of algae in Antarctica was noted by long-ago expeditions, such as the one by British explorer Ernest Shackleton, its full extent was unknown. Antarctica conjures images of an ...

A Chinese study has revealed how a type of algae adapts to cold temperatures in Antarctica with special proteins and enzymes. Chlorella is a genus of unicellular green algae distributed all over the ...

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 ...

Picture: Peter Harmsen/Australian Antarctic Division Poo, or guano, from Adelie penguins was collected and fed into man-made ...

It is estimated that there are approximately 700 trillion adult Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean today ... This flow was ...

Over multiple trials, researchers funnelled in seawater mixed with either algae, penguin poop ... whales, and other Antarctic predators. As climate change continues to shift global ocean ...