One of the most accurate indicators of the health of the natural world is the ecosystem itself. For decades, scientists have ...

Among its fascinating attributes, the Common Green Darner has compound eyes containing more than 30,000 simple eyes. There have been swarms of dragonflies along the Lake Michigan shoreline in recent ...

Summer means even more warmer weather and the potential increase in mosquito activity. Dragonflies to the rescue, experts say. Mosquito season begins in March or April and could go into October, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dragonfly finds a place to rest and escape the mid-day sun near Phinizy Swamp on Friday afternoon, June 10, 2011. Dragonflies ...

A fossilized dragonfly wing discovered in Alberta has been identified as a new species and the first from Canada’s ...

Dragonflies, often seen flitting gracefully above ponds and waterways, are not merely aesthetic wonders; they are crucial sentinels of our freshwater ecosystems. A recent assessment by a team of ...

You may not be aware, but Aug. 20 is World Mosquito Day. It isn’t a day to celebrate mosquitoes. Instead, it marks the discovery, made in 1897 by the British doctor Sir Ronald Ross, that female ...

“It’s like an invasion!” a woman giggled as she lowered her head and launched her bike through a swarm of dragonflies on the lakefront trail. These large-eyed insects with nearly 4-inch wingspans flew ...

Temperature determines where species can live and if they are threatened by a warming climate. So, for a long time, biologists studied how heat tolerance affects survival. Yet, less is known about how ...

Two elegant flying insects are similar enough that they’re confused for one another. I’m talking about the dragonfly and damselfly. Both insects belong to the Odonata order, with damselflies grouped ...