Humpback whales migrate into the Southern Ocean every spring, attracted by the abundance of krill. The individual populations have clearly defined routes and feeding areas. This makes them ideal indicator species for pollutant monitoring in remote regions. Picture:...
Magellanic penguins are distributed along the coast of Argentina from Tierra del Fuego to the Valdez Peninsula. The characteristically colored birds brood on that occasion in burrows, that they dig themselves. After the breeding season, they move along the coast into...
In Canada’s Arctic communities, large supermarkets are set up up to provide residents with fresh products and commercial food. Nevertheless, hunting and fishing are still an essential part of the food supply. But climate change threatens this supply. Picture:...
Antarctic krill, which occurs in large swarms, needs the Antarctic sea ice for its development. But the steady warming of water in the area between South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula has led to a major change in the sea ice regime there, causing problems for...
Various salmon species, such as these sockeye salmon in Alaska, after hatching in the streams inland, migrate into the open sea where they remain and grow for a few years before migrating back to their original streams, spawning and then dying. This is called an...
