Before the second winter, the larvae reach their final stage but don't pupate. Instead, they enter obligatory diapause, a natural dormancy phase in their life cycle.

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

Scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University have discovered how the Antarctic midge survives in extreme climates through a ...

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

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

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

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

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 on ...