
To survive the bitter cold, Antarctica’s native residents adorn themselves with thick layers of fat and fur. A non-biting midge, on the other hand, has only a soft shell to shield itself—but that perhaps speaks to how tough the region’s sole native insect species is, researchers say. For one, it appears capable of digesting microplastics.
Belgica antarctica is a small fly roughly the size of a grain of rice. The insects typically reside within moss and algae, breaking down dead…

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