A rising, global demand for krill as a dietary supplement has been ravaging Antarctica's remote, frigid waters through krill ...

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A new study led by McGill University researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time ...

The Scenic Eclipse is one of only a few Antarctic vessels to carry a submarine. The submarine—the Scenic Neptune —can carry ...

An aerial survey team from the Florida-based Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute spotted the killer whale near ...

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In large part thanks to being in the right place at the right time, researchers discovered a thriving marine ecosystem underneath a massive 19-miles-long iceberg after it cracked off the ice sheet off ...

Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...