"Here we show for the first time that a small amount of penguin guano causes a sudden change in the feeding and swimming ...
Climate change is also driving penguins to colonize new areas, or to stay in regions longer than they normally would, ...
The penguin poop didn’t only influence krill movements. In another phase of the experiment, researchers noticed the ...
The study suggests that even the faintest hint of penguin droppings in the water is enough to prompt krill into escape ...
Just a faint whiff of penguin poop pushes their favorite prey to take "frantic" evasive action, reveals new research.
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 ...
“Here we show for the first time that a small amount of penguin guano causes a sudden change in the feeding and swimming behaviors of Antarctic krill,” said Dr. Nicole Hellessey, a postdoctoral ...
A new tool has been created to shed light on the mysterious lives of Antarctic krill. Picture: Peter Harmsen/Australian ...
Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean, the body of water surrounding Antarctica, are under threat from climate change. The area's ...
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 ...