Thirty years ago, students from the Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School in Aniak were among those who held a statewide election to declare an insect that best represented Alaska. Their school’s ...

Spring's annual awakening with its now-you-see-it-now-you-don't sunshine and showers provides plenty of eye candy vying for our attention. Myriad shades of green are bursting forth, there are ...

Dragonflies are fascinating creatures that have captivated humans throughout history. Beyond their beauty and elegance in flight, dragonflies have been recognized as messengers and symbols that ...

We ignore most insects that cross our path. We swat away flies, marvel at butterflies, and dash away from angry wasps. But one insect that has been around for about 300 million years is one of ...

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 be ...

During late spring and early summer, dragonflies transform from water-dwelling larvae to the insects we see in the air. Last summer, a swarm of dragonflies descended on beachgoers at Misquamicut Beach ...

Dragonflies are effective predators of mosquitoes, consuming them in both their larval and adult stages. They are beneficial to ecosystems as bioindicators and pollination assistants. Creating ...

In a first for Canadian paleontology, a Cretaceous fossilized dragonfly wing, uncovered in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park, has been identified as a new species. It's also the first known dragonfly ...

Dragonflies are hard to miss. Big, fast, and buzzing over trout streams like little helicopters, they’re the opposite of subtle. If a trout can pick out a size 22 mayfly, it certainly isn’t blind to a ...