Antarctic midge survives extreme cold with unique dormancy strategies
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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Quail-sized feathered dinosaur may be the earliest known bird
Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which ...
Female hoverflies beat males on long-distance migrations, research finds
Marmalade hoverflies leave northern Europe each autumn to escape the cold winter. A study, by the University of Exeter, ...
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A non-flying mosquito, the only insect native to Antarctica, provides clues about cryopreservation
It experiences obligatory diapause, a period of dormancy that is naturally induced at a fixed time in an organism's life cycle. When we think of Antarctic animals, most would mention penguins, and ...