Picture an Antarctic animal and most people think of penguins, but there is a flightless midge, the only known insect native ...

Antarctica’s only native insect could provide inspiration for how humans could travel into deep space. The tiny midge called ...

What’s the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? An Osaka Metropolitan University-led international ...

Antarctica’s only native insect, called Belgica antarctica, has adapted to survive in extreme cold temperatures, which could ...

The "unique" way Antarctica’s only native insect survives the extreme cold could help humans travel deep into space, ...

How the Antarctic midge copes with freezing temperatures could hold clues for humans about subjects like cryopreservation, ...

An international research team reveals how the Antarctic midge, the only native insect of Antarctica, survives extreme cold, ...

However, more will be needed if the plants get heavily infested. This midge lays about 100 eggs during its two-week lifetime. The tiny larvae feed on about five adults or 15 juvenile blackfly, during ...

If sitting around and staring at a hole in the ice doesn’t fit with your idea of fishing, take heart – there’s an open-water alternative even in the coldest part of the year.

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Previous management efforts In the past, the council has used various methods to manage midge numbers, including dredging the pond base to disrupt their lifecycle, altering water flow to make ...