As the founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, Watson has long stood at the ...

While krill may be small to look at, these shrimp-like crustaceans play an outsized role in the global food web. They support the diets of several whale species, including the largest animals to ...

Antarctic krill is a key species in the Antarctic marine ecosystem as an important food source for many species, such as ...

Baleen whales are elusive, often foraging well below the ocean’s surface. They are also elastic: When a blue whale lunges at krill, its mouth can swell to engulf a volume of water larger than ...

Officials at Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve are asking the public for help gathering information on an ...

Humpback whales blow spiraling circles of bubbles to create underwater nets for their tiny prey, krill. Hunter Warick/Alaska Whale Foundation, images collected under NMFS Permit #19703 hide caption ...

Individual krill are small, but humpback whales consume huge quantities of them. (Photo credit: National Marine Sanctuaries) Humpback whale surface feeding. (Photo by Logan Pallin) UCSC postdoc Logan ...

An endangered humpback whale was recently spotted showing severe injuries from an apparent collision with a boat near Glacier ...

Whales' krill consumption keeps ecosystems in balance, and a study found they eat more than thought. The finding means that each whale is even more important than people realized.

Antarctic krill is rich in omega-3 fatty acids and serves as the only food source for larger whale species like blues or fins, filtering easily through their bristly mouths and forming an integral ...

The bigger the whale, the tougher it is to find a decent meal. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- Giant, krill-eating whales could grow even bigger if the size and availability ...