NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — The warmer months bring more bugs. Specifically, mid-June through September is prime time for dragonflies. Beyond their flashy exterior, there’s a vital role this insect is playing ...

Tiny Red Dragonflies Returned to a Protected Wetland and the Sight Is Reminding People What Rare Really Means ...

Migration flights of dragonflies and damselflies crisscross much of our planet, new research reveals. Scientists from the universities of Exeter and Lund reviewed global evidence and found 100 ...

Sarah Hawkes came across the striking Golden-Ringed Dragonfly when walking near the Ceiriog River in Wales. The insects can ...

If you’ve ever watched a dragonfly zig and zag over a pond in search of dinner, you know how fast these gauzy-winged insects can move. In less than half the time it takes a human eye to blink, a ...

This flower can bring dragonflies to your garden, but not for the reason you may think. An annual, it vibrantly blooms in the ...

It was almost 4 inches long!

Vanessa Alarcon saw them while working at an antiwar rally in Lafayette Square last month. "I heard someone say, 'Oh my god, look at those,' " the college senior from New York recalled. "I look up and ...

Long before birds ruled the skies, the dragonfly evolved a hunting strategy so effective that it still outperforms most predators today.

For more than 150 years, scientists have been incorrectly classifying a group of fossil insects as damselflies, the familiar cousins of dragonflies that flit around wetlands eating mosquitoes. While ...