Learn more about how the smell of penguin poo causes krill to stop eating and move frantically.

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, ...

Imagine looking at the world through the stalked compound eyes of krill in the Southern Ocean. All of a sudden, a penguin appears like a voracious ...

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

In some places, the underside of the sea ice looks like giant green clouds. These are the 'grass meadows' of Antarctica, made ...

Harmful gases are getting up into the atmosphere and the air that we breathe, making the planet warmer. This is very harmful. It spreads diseases, and also the United States is producing more than ...

"The great advantage of Antarctica is that one never gets ill," said Robert Scott. A lot can change in 100 years, and H5N1 is ...

Adélie penguins have unknowingly documented the changing climate of Antarctica—not in journals or fossils, but through their ...

Composer and performer Cheryl E. Leonard discovers the music hidden within rocks, ice, shells and even seaweed, amplifying or ...

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