An international team of scientists led by Osaka Metropolitan University revealed how Antarctica sole known native insect–the Antarctic midge, or Belgica antarctica–survives the extreme cold.

Byron Adams in Antarctica, where he does research and typically stays for two- to three-months. Courtesy of Byron Adams “What they say about people in Antarctica is that you shake the Earth and ...

The slightly optimistic news is that this drastic rate of decline has so far been observed only in one region of Antarctica. But that region is home to 30% of the global emperor penguin population.

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Antarctica’s only native insect’s unique survival mechanism Before the second winter, the larvae reach their final stage but don't pupate. Instead, they enter obligatory diapause, ...