The Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) is exciting in more ways than one.It lives most of its life in larval form, frozen in ice. It's the only true insect that lives on the Antarctic continent ...

The Antarctic midge spends more than half its life frozen. A better understanding of how it does so could have implications for human health. By Devi Lockwood There are between five million and ...

Antarctica’s only native insect is being driven to extinction by global warming, scientists say. Increase of 2C in winter temperature could reduce the miniscule Antarctic midge’s chances of ...

How the Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) copes with freezing temperatures could hold clues for humans about subjects like cryopreservation, but there remain many mysteries about the tiny insect.

Picture an Antarctic animal and most people think of penguins, but there is a flightless midge, the only known insect native to Antarctica, that somehow survives the extreme climate. How the ...

The Antarctic midge genome “opens up a lot of questions for me about genome evolution, and I’m looking at other related organisms to try and get at that question,” Kelley said.

The Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) is exciting in more ways than one.It lives most of its life in larval form, frozen in ice. It's the only true insect that lives on the Antarctic continent ...

How the Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) copes with freezing temperatures could hold clues for humans about subjects like cryopreservation, but there remain many mysteries about the tiny insect.

The Antarctic midge is the only known insect native to the Antarctic continent and is endemic to the Antarctic Peninsula, surviving extreme climates that have historically puzzled scientists.

How the Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) copes with freezing temperatures could hold clues for humans about subjects like cryopreservation, but there remain many mysteries about the tiny insect.

Picture an Antarctic animal and most people think of penguins, but there is a flightless midge, the only known insect native to Antarctica, that somehow survives the extreme climate. How the Antarctic ...