Krill is the most important food resource for whales in Antarctica and its availability determines whether female humpback whales become pregnant or not. Photo: Michael Wenger Antarctic krill is one of the most abundant species on our planet. However, its total...
Among other things, the research team discovered the remains of a baleen whale on its images, which must have already been lying on the seabed for several months. The vertebrae and bones no longer hung together and there was no tissue left. Photo: Stauffer et al. 2022...
This is where the king of the Arctic is at home: on the sea ice. But it melts away under his paws and he is more and more often forced to search for food on land, which results increasingly in conflicts with humans. Photo: Julia Hager The recent attack by a polar bear...
Antarctic krill forms the most important component in the Antarctic food web and is the basis of life for whales, seals, fish, penguins and other seabirds. Photo: Dan Costa Antarctic krill plays the central role in the Southern Ocean food web as a food source for...
Microplastics in the ocean are practically invisible. While many studies have been conducted on the Atlantic side of the Arctic Ocean, the Chukchi Sea has hardly been studied for microplastics. Photo: Julia Hager In the northern hemisphere, the Arctic Ocean virtually...