A humpback whale surfaces near two trawlers. All are pursuing Antarctic krill. Youenn Kerdavid/Sea Shepherd Global, CC BY-ND By Matthew Savoca, Stanford University The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales –...
To the east of the Kerguelen Plateau, the polar front is rising, favouring prey aggregation off the Courbet Peninsula. This is an ideal situation for southern elephant seals. Here, a male chases off a rival. Image: Camille Lin From the beaches of the Southern Ocean,...
A group of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) equipped with the detection and recording device. This species of cetacean can reach 10 meters in length and weigh up to nine tons. These whales are found in the waters of the Southern Hemisphere,...
A new study published in Nature examines the economic value of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean to the global economy. Image: Mirjana Binggeli Rachel Baird, Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania, and Natalie Stoeckl, Professor of Economics at the University...
A Chinese supertrawler fishing for krill in the Southern Ocean in the presence of whales. A practice that not only represents direct competition for food for whales, penguins and seals, but can also lead to fatal ship strikes. Photo: Screenshot Sea Shepherd Global...
