Rapid sea ice loss and ocean acidification from climate change are altering the growth and nutritional value of microscopic ...

A tiny parasite is leading Australian scientists to rethink how they view Antarctic food chains, after a research showed these microscopic organisms were present in quantities far larger than ...

Antarctica, the frozen continent at the edge of the world, is home to breathtaking mysteries and untouched landscapes. During ...

50 million years ago, the phorusrhacid, a 2-meter-high carnivore, was at the top of the food chain ... now know that the ...

That suggests all these other animals that eat krill will face much more intense competition with each other for this important food resource," Simeon Hill from the British Antarctic Survey told ...

Victoria Gill Animals are more vulnerable to the ... abundant marine creatures that are the foundation of the Antarctic food chain - move deeper into the ocean to avoid UV rays, which could ...

“Cryptopygus antarcticus has a key role in the simple Antarctic terrestrial ... which can become concentrated in animals towards the top of the marine food chain, is poisonous at high levels ...