species of penguin in the Antarctic. They might look a bit clumsy on land, but penguins are brilliant swimmers. They can dive down to 180m – though they tend to catch their food (mainly krill and fish ...

Though they move with the famed “penguin waddle” they are capable ... sitting on a pair of eggs to keep them warm and safe from predators. When food is short, only one of the two chicks ...

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 ...

wanted to know if krill also do this in response to odors from predators. The authors focused on Adélies, the most southernly breeding species of penguin, as 99.6% of their diet consists of Antarctic ...

Adélie penguin populations have dropped precipitously over the last 50 years due to a reduction in their major food source -- krill. Young krill feed on algae living on the underside of sea ice.

Almost 99 per cent of the Adelie penguin’s diet is krill, with an adult Adélie eating up to 1.6kg of it per day. This led leading experts to hypothesise their poo may affect krill’s behaviour.

predators. According to the research team, a chemical in the Adélie penguin's poo can trigger krill into evasive maneuvers. For the study, the research team collected krill from the Southern ...