Ken Lebo’s attraction to dragonflies began when he was researching butterflies. “Looking at the butterflies in 1996, I noticed the dragonflies that were flying around,” Lebo said. “I was curious as to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Each summer, scores of sunny yellow dragonflies transform into vibrant scarlet flyers. Behind this showy makeover scientists have discovered a simple chemical reaction every bit as elegant as the ...

CLEVELAND--New research from Case Western Reserve University in how dragonflies may adapt their wing color to temperature differences might explain color variation in other animals, from lions to ...

Creatures of the sunlight that pirouette on sparkling wings in plain view of all who take the time to look, dragonflies are nonetheless among the most elusive of insects. Few people get a close look ...

I jumped into the passenger seat of my wife's truck, and there on the dashboard was a big, beautiful, dead dragonfly. Kathy had picked it up off the ground. At first glance, I thought it was a common ...

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, ...

Each summer, scores of sunny yellow dragonflies transform into vibrant scarlet flyers. Behind this showy makeover scientists have discovered a simple chemical reaction every bit as elegant as the ...