An insect has the "mind-boggling" ability to generate its own heat to avoid freezing to death, reveals new research.

New research finds the snow fly (Chionea alexandriana) counteracts subzero temperature by creating bursts of body heat and producing antifreeze proteins. Snow flies might be undergoing an identity ...

An insect has the "mind-boggling" ability to generate its own heat to avoid freezing to death, reveals new research. Snow flies can produce bursts of heat as well as antifreeze proteins, say ...

Snow flies can produce bursts of heat as well as antifreeze proteins, say scientists. They investigated how the tiny, wingless insects - that crawl across snow to find mates and lay eggs - are able to ...