News articles tagged with 'krill'
Blue whale-sized mouthfuls make foraging super efficient
— 9 Dec 2010 16:12 | BiologyDiving blue whales can dive for anything up to 15 minutes. However, Bob Shadwick from the University of British Columbia, Canada, explains that blue whales may be able to dive for longer,…
Fish schools and krill swarms take on common shape
— 17 Sep 2010 09:53 | BiologyWhen fish or tiny, shrimp-like krill get together, it appears they follow the same set of 'rules.' According to a new study published online on September 16th in Current Biology, a…
Most penguin populations continue to decline
— 3 Sep 2010 10:22 | EnvironmentPenguin biologists from around the world, who are gathered in Boston this week, warn that ten of the planet's eighteen penguin species have experienced further serious population declines.…
Seafood stewardship questionable: UBC-Scripps experts
— 2 Sep 2010 16:10 | EnvironmentThe world's most established fisheries certifier is failing on its promises as rapidly as it gains prominence, according the world's leading fisheries experts from the University of…
First nearshore survey of Antarctic krill reveals high density, stable population in shallow waters
— 5 Aug 2010 10:10 | BiologyUsing smaller vessels that allow access to shallow, nearshore waters, researchers from Stony Brook University and the Southwest Fisheries Science Centre conducted the first multi-year…
Genetic analysis disputes increase in Antarctic minke whales
— 20 Jan 2010 16:15 | BiologyA new genetic analysis of Antarctic minke whales concludes that population of these smaller baleen whales have not increased as a result of the intensive hunting of other larger whales…
NOAA bans commercial harvesting of krill
— 14 Jul 2009 17:40 | EnvironmentThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today published a final rule in the Federal Register prohibiting the harvesting of krill in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)…
Researcher reveals humpback whales' dining habits - and costs
— 27 Nov 2008 10:38 | BiologyAs most American families sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, a University of British Columbia researcher is revealing how one of the largest animals on earth feasts on the smallest of…
Krill discovered living in the Antarctic abyss
— 26 Feb 2008 15:40 | BiologyScientists have discovered Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) living and feeding down to depths of 3000 metres in the waters around the Antarctic Peninsula. Until now this shrimp-like…
Climate change and life in the Southern Ocean
— 28 Nov 2007 15:25 | EnvironmentA ten-week expedition to the Lazarev Sea and the eastern part of the Weddell Sea opens this year's Antarctic research season of the German research vessel Polarstern. On the evening…
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