Climate change is also driving penguins to colonize new areas, or to stay in regions longer than they normally would, ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

A new study led by McGill University researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time ...

The penguin poop didn’t only influence krill movements. In another phase of the experiment, researchers noticed the ...

Upwellings of cold deep currents, full of shrimp and krill create an underwater buffet for whales of all kinds. The opportunity to see any of these graceful giants has been the basis of the whale ...

A new study has found that whale songs can act as a barometer for the effects of climate change on ocean ecosystems.

Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean, the body of water surrounding Antarctica, are under threat from climate change. The area's ...

A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems.

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 ...

The study suggests that even the faintest hint of penguin droppings in the water is enough to prompt krill into escape ...