Learn how this midge has a unique strategy for surviving what most organisms couldn’t.

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 ...

A horror virus spread by midges wiped out 92 newborn lambs on an ... The disease can lead to abortions and fatal deformities in newborn animals. Article continues below And it’s feared an ...

The virus is not harmful to humans but can lead to blue, swollen tongues in animals, reduced birth rates and limited milk yields. It is spread by midges that are often blown over from mainland ...

Scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University have discovered how the Antarctic midge survives in extreme climates through a two-year life cycle involving quiescence and obligate diapause.

A horror virus spread by midges wiped out 92 newborn lambs on an Ayrshire farm ... The disease can lead to abortions and fatal deformities in newborn animals. And it’s feared an even deadlier disease, ...