Dragonflies are aerial predators engineered by evolution for precision. Instead of chasing their prey, they predict where it ...

Not only are dragonflies fun to watch, but they are also very beneficial to your yard! These small aerial predators eat all kinds of insects, including some of the more “bothersome” ones like ...

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 ...

At this time in August there are insects everywhere outside. But most, although certainly not all, of them get ignored because people generally don’t like insects. There are some, however, that people ...

Dragonfly expert Jessica Ware heads to Guyuna to sample dragonfly diversity. Dragonfly expert Jessica Ware is on a mission to understand the evolutionary history of dragonflies. Deep in the rainforest ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park was one of four parks in the eastern U.S. where the Dragonfly Mercury Project got its start. Easier to catch and cheaper to test than fish, dragonfly larvae can be ...

Few creatures can capture my imagination like the dragonfly. Their iridescent wings, jeweled bodies and unparalleled aerial skill are astonishing.

CU Denver PhD studet Sarah Nalley used 40 years of publicly available data and found “ornamented” dragonflies are disappearing from burned habitats and hotter regions across the U.S. Thermal imaging ...