Invasive asexual midges may upset Antarctica’s delicate moss banks
The flightless insects’ waste may alter a nutrient-sparse world
ANTARCTIC ALIEN An all-female species of flightless midge (one shown) invaded an Antarctic island, binging on debris as no natives do. The intruder might shake up an old mossy world.
Roger Key
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