Dragonflies and damselflies, collectively Odonata (alluding to the toothy gape of their gargoyle-like larvae), have long been a favorite topic for artists and poets and are the subjects of numerous ...

But the research really took off in the summer of 2017 at the Case Western Reserve farm in Hunting Valley, Ohio, as Moore and Hathaway Brown high-school student Cassandra Lis chased down male ...

GREENWICH — Shedding his shoes, Sean Graesser waded barefoot Sunday morning into the shallow muck of Mead Lake, swinging a white net to snag an array of dragonflies and damselflies buzzing above the ...

Bright blue body and vivid markings make the Blue Dasher one of the most striking dragonflies. This dragonfly has vivid blue and orange patterns on wings which make it look almost hand-painted by ...

When he isn’t looking up at the stars, Yale Astronomy Department Chairman Pieter van Dokkum spends his time finding and photographing dragonflies. His new book, “Dragonflies” (Yale University Press, ...

One enjoyable way to spend a hot July day is to sit by a pond and watch dragonflies, those critters with the bright colors of a summertime rainbow. I like to sit under a tree and watch them cruise ...

How many insects can boast their own international organization? That is the case for dragonflies and damselflies, both members of the order Odonata (meaning “toothed” — the dragonfly has serrated ...

Sexual maturation is a part of life. Admittedly, for humans, it is awkward -- squeaky voices, strange smells and curly hairs growing in unspeakable places. Much of the rest of the biosphere, however, ...

It’s the latest manifestation of Lancaster County’s summer of rain: a seeming invasion of quadruple-winged, prehistoric-looking, bug-eyed acrobatic insects better known as dragonflies and damselflies.

(CNN) — As the planet warms, a study found that male dragonflies are losing a crucial feature they typically use to attract female mates: the ornate black patterns on their wings. The new research ...

New research in how dragonflies may adapt their wing color to temperature differences might explain color variation in other animals, from lions to birds. Further, the findings could also provide ...