Adélie penguins live on the Antarctic continent ... Adélies feed on tiny aquatic creatures, such as shrimp-like krill, but also eat fish and squid. They have been known to dive as deep as ...

Adélie penguins are a vital part of the Antarctic food chain – they eat tiny creatures like krill and small fish, and are a source of food for predators like leopard seals and killer whales. By ...

To krill, tiny shrimp-like creatures, the smell of penguin poo triggers evasive maneuvers, probably because they know that penguins are on their way to eat them. After putting it to the test ...

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.

researchers were able to see exactly what the Adelie penguin sees when it goes out to catch krill and other prey in its native Antarctica. Chief researcher Yuuki Watanabe from the National ...

Linking trends in penguin abundance with trends in krill biomass explains why populations of Adelie and chinstrap penguins increased after competitors (fur seals, baleen whales and some fish ...

More penguins also means more demand for their prey, krill and fish. Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Population-related problems would only compound the bigger threat facing ...