Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.

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

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An international research team, led by scientists at Japan’s Osaka Metropolitan University, found that the flightless midge naturally deals with the seasons during its two-year life cycle by und ...

found that the midge deals with the seasons during its two-year life cycle by undergoing quiescence in its first year and obligate diapause in its second. Quiescence is a form of dormancy in ...