"This finding highlights the complexity and diversity of food webs in Antarctic permanently ice-covered lakes, with symbiotic and predatory lifestyles a possibility not previously recognized," the ...

Krill sit near the base of a food web that supports some of the biggest animals on the planet It focuses on the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula - the places where the crustaceans are most ...

As climate change and commercial fishing threaten krill, the crustaceans that fuel Antarctica’s entire food web, scientists ...

“Cryptopygus antarcticus has a key role in the simple Antarctic terrestrial food webs,” she said. Researchers also raised concerns about styrofoam, because its porous structure could encourage ...