I have a pond and there are a number of dragonflies on the plants around it. They often hover over the water dipping their tails into the water. Are they harmful? N.D. Tulsa These insects are not ...

Last summer, a swarm of dragonflies descended on beachgoers at Misquamicut Beach in Rhode Island, causing some to flee the “apocalyptic” scene. The insects were seen at other beaches, too, like Bakers ...

On the weeds that border Parks Pond at Danbury’s Tarrywile Park, a blue dasher — a pale all-blue dragonfly — rested on bright green leaves, circled up into the blue sky, stopped again on the greenery, ...

LANSING, Mich. — Move over monarch butterfly; a large and fast-moving dragonfly is also vying for designation as Michigan’s official state insect. A bill introduced this week in Lansing would ...

When summer heats up, I like to find some shade by the water. That’s where I find one of my favorite insects, the dragonfly. They seem fearless, landing on my leg or shoulder. They zip around ...

Emma Redman, a College of Idaho senior, wades into the Boise River to collect aquatic insects that will tell researchers about the food resources available to dragonflies. Anna Eichert Students and ...

A student discovers the first dragonfly fossil from the age of the dinosaurs in Canada. Cordualadensa acorni lived 75 million years ago.

A tandem pair of Common Green Darners (Anax junius) laying eggs. © Dennis Paulson. Find out more about Dragonfly Monitoring and other great citizen science projects ...