NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Dr. Jessica Ware about dragonflies in this next installment of the summer series "What's Bugging You?" A summer image now - dragonflies skimming over a lake, lighting on ...

Dragonflies are ideal hunting machines. More than 80 percent of their brain is used for processing visual information, and it is believed that some species can see objects up to 30 feet away and ...

Dragonflies are known to swarm, but it's not exactly clear why. An influx of dragonflies are swarming parts of the U.S. at such an intense pace they are being picked up on radars across three states, ...

Globally, there are about 3,000 species of dragonflies inhabiting freshwater habitats. Each species has a unique color along their bodies or wings that helps them camouflage into their surroundings, ...

When the National Weather Service’s Cleveland location tweeted out a video in September showing some huge clouds of purple, teal, and green moving across Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and Indiana, the ...

Megalagrion pacificum is an endangered damselfly found on Maui. Evolving over 20 million years of isolation, these native damselflies and dragonflies are threatened by habitat loss and introduced ...

There’s a lot to love about summer, but mosquitoes are one seasonal nuisance most people could do without. You can try to combat pesky mosquitoes with bug zappers and sprays, but neither of those ...

In a typical tale of dragons and damsels, a valiant knight hunts and slays his foe and rescues the damsel, and everyone lives happily ever after. Standing at the edge of Anderson Marsh, where the ...

Bird-watching has more popular recognition as a hobby, but you can also dragonfly-watch. And what's not to love about dragonflies? With names like Cyrano Darner, Serpent Ringtail, Black-winged ...

New research on the insects may help improve drone technology. This is an Inside Science story. Dragonflies perform upside-down backflips to right themselves, even when unconscious -- a discovery that ...

If you've ever had a dragonfly land on you, someone may have told you that it's a signal of good luck. It's true. Dragonflies are spiritually symbolic critters that are believed—across different ...