Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human ...

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"Once a particle was big enough to be eaten, crickets continued to eat it for the rest of their life." Now, an alarming new data point: asdoctors urgently investigate the effects of all that foreign ...

December 12 - Free-agent forward Midge Purce will return to Gotham FC on a one-year deal through 2026 after winning her second NWSL championship with the club this past season. Purce, 30, helped ...

Midge Purce will return to Gotham FC for another season. Purce has agreed to a one-year contract to remain with Gotham FC after helping the NWSL club win a league championship in November when they ...

GOTHAM FC FORWARD Margaret “Midge” Purce—the two-time National Women’s Soccer League champion, entrepreneur, and activist—has the same 24 hours in a day as everyone else. She swears. “I scroll a lot ...

Midge Purce of NJ/NY Gotham FC celebrates during the NWSL 2025 Champions Parade on Nov. 24 in New York City. Ira L. Black / Getty Images Fresh off her second NWSL Championship with the club, ...

To survive the bitter cold, Antarctica’s native residents adorn themselves with thick layers of fat and fur. A non-biting midge, on the other hand, has only a soft shell to shield itself—but that ...

A global research team led by researchers from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment has found that Antarctica's only native insect is already ingesting ...

Brock A. Hedges received funding from Nature Foundation, The Ecological Society of Australia and the Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment. Brock A. Hedges currently receives funding from ...

Fresh off an NWSL title, the USWNT forward will be a guest on the Manning brothers’ popular Monday Night Football show when the Patriots face the Giants. “I’m definitely honored and flattered, for ...

Fly fishers preparing for winter angling need to concentrate on the main food source for trout in the cold which is midges. An extreme focus on midges is all that is necessary during the frigid months ...