with few chicks fledging in years where krill was particularly scarce. The longest and most comprehensive study to date of what penguins eat is published this month. The study, published in the ...

The emperor penguin is the largest penguin species on Earth.” The emperor penguin is the largest species of penguin in the ...

Adélie penguins are a vital part of the Antarctic food chain – they eat tiny creatures like krill and small fish, and are a source of food for predators like leopard seals and killer whales. By ...

This works because the krill upon which the penguins feed incorporate into their own tissues a chemical signature of the ocean chemistry where they live. When the penguins then eat the krill ...

Most penguins, seals, and whales eat krill in Antarctica, but climate change and fishing pressure are reducing the amount of krill available to them. “My research is focused on studying penguin ...