Climate change and wildfires disrupt dragonfly mating traits, threatening reproduction and pushing species toward extinction.

A new study led by University of Colorado Denver has uncovered how climate change and intensifying wildfires are disrupting ...

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, ...

To monitor bird migrations, scientists often attach tracking devices to a leg. Scientists trying to figure out green darner migration patterns needed another way – but eventually discovered something ...

The Wisconsin Dragonfly Society is a statewide organization that aims to educate people on the aquatic nature of dragonflies, by assisting in citizen science activities involving the insects, ...

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 ...

Infrared-spectrum image of an ornamented dragonfly from the genus Tramea. Lighter colors indicate hotter temperatures, ranging from 27 to 35 degrees Celsius across the image. Image: Noah Leith.

Although it has occasionally been observed in the higher reaches of the Western Ghats, it was long mistaken for Crocothemis ...

Scientists spotted a male Hine's emerald dragonfly in June on private property in Bollinger County. This marks the first time ...

A new dragonfly species has been discovered in Devon following the UK’s biggest dragonfly citizen science project. The Common Clubtail was spotted on the River Otter, near Ottery St Mary after the ...

“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 ...

Known as tonbo in Japanese, dragonflies are everywhere in Japan at the end of the summer and early autumn. Step into a park, like Tokachi Hills, or stroll through the countryside and you’re likely to ...