Eretmoptera murphyi is a flightless midge that arrived on the Antarctic island of Signy in the 1960s and, rather embarrassingly, it was brought there by scientists conducting an experiments on plants.

Since 2004, University Distinguished Professor of Biology Richard Lee has studied this extremeophile, the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica. This wingless midge is the only true insect found on ...

Since 2004, University Distinguished Professor of Biology Richard Lee has studied this extremeophile, the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica. This wingless midge is the only true insect found on ...