Are dragonflies and damselflies your favourite insects? Perhaps they should be. They belong to an extraordinary group of insects that specifically target buzzing mosquitoes. And better yet, their ...

An adult insect wing is basically dead. So what in the world were tiny respiratory channels doing in a wing membrane of a morpho dragonfly? Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira was so jolted by a scanning ...

On the weeds that border Parks Pond at Danbury’s Tarrywile Park, a blue dasher — a pale all-blue dragonfly — rested on bright green leaves, circled up into the blue sky, stopped again on the greenery, ...

BUTTE CREEK CANYON — Growing up, Roger Lederer was told damselflies could bring good fortune when fishing. “Whenever I went fishing and a damselfly landed on my rod, it was called a lucky bug. So I ...

The blue dasher dragonfly is common and catches 95% of its pray in midair. Scientists think it can help lead to the development of better robots. Scientists have a lot to learn from blue-dasher ...

With dazzling blue iridescent wings, male morpho dragonflies should be hard to miss, but their wings are simultaneously capable of both spectacle and stealth. When viewed against a shining, watery ...

A new study reports that a specific species of dragonfly may have an unusual tracheal system in their wings. This could us a fascinating insight into how insect wings evolved. The study was published ...

The dragonfly is to the insect world what the hummingbird is to the bird world — they are mostly nectar feeders. Both have flight patterns that are unrivaled – they can turn on a dime and have a love ...

In this episode of Big Ideas from the team behind Deep Look, Niba explores how insects actually see the world — from the ...

Emma Redman, a College of Idaho senior, wades into the Boise River to collect aquatic insects that will tell researchers about the food resources available to dragonflies. Anna Eichert Students and ...

Hamsterley Forest, Weardale Their visual sensitivity challenges us and their ability to track small fast objects is unparalleled Much of Hamsterley forest lay in deep shadow and the scent of conifer ...