The Antarctic midge is the only known insect native to Antarctica. News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this paper only.
If a tiny, flightless midge establishes itself on mainland Antarctica, it could unleash outsized changes on the continent’s biodiversity, researchers from the University of Birmingham and British ...
Since 2004, University Distinguished Professor of Biology Richard Lee has studied this extremeophile, the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica. This wingless midge is the only true insect found ...
How the Antarctic midge copes with freezing temperatures could hold clues for humans about subjects like cryopreservation, ...
Antarctica’s only native insect could provide inspiration for how humans could travel into deep space. The tiny midge called ...
Since 2004, University Distinguished Professor of Biology Richard Lee has studied this extremeophile, the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica. This wingless midge is the only true insect found ...