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 ...

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, ...

Among all creatures great and small, come dragonflies — which are small but also great. They chow down mosquitoes. Lots of mosquitoes. They not only eat mosquitoes that bite our hands or fly around ...

Today, we celebrate the dragonfly, the theme bug of this Saturday's BugFest at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences. The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences' BugFest is Saturday. The free festival, now in ...

Dragonflies are in the Order Odonata. Odon is the Greek word for tooth. Dragonflies don't have true teeth but they do have extremely large, strong mandibles with sharply-pointed tooth-like serrations.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. WELLS — Since 1976, dragonflies from the Wells Chamber of Commerce have ...

If you’re near a pond, stream, or marsh on a warm day, you may notice quick-flying insects skimming across the water or swooping and darting through the air. When they alight, you may be dazzled by ...

Spring seasons on Cape Cod are typically unremarkable and cooler than most regions in Massachusetts. Yet each spring heralds the return of our first migrant dragonflies traveling from southern regions ...