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. This ...

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

National Taiwan University associate professor of entomology Matan Shelomi is in Antarctica studying an endemic flightless insect species. At about half a centimeter long, the Belgica Antarctica is ...

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

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

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

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

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

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Today, Condé Nast Traveler’s Matthew Buck is in Antarctica to see what life is like on the most remote continent on Earth. A stay in Antarctica is a rare opportunity filled with once-in-a ...