When you think of a dragonfly, you may assume they belong to the fly family. However, despite what their name implies and the similarities shared between the two insects, dragonflies are not a ...

At rest, a damselfly folds its wings together at an upward angle above the back, while a dragonfly holds its two pairs of wings out from the body like a fixed-winged aircraft. Both are predators ...

“The staggering age of the first dragonflies provide us with a look into how life was in the distant past. Contemporary ...

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 ...

The beach is not a good habitat for dragonflies, so they were probably moving north. Gregg says there’s nothing to fear about a dragonfly swarm. “People shouldn’t be afraid. They don’t ...