Dragonflies have fascinated humans for centuries, often appearing during moments of change or reflection. These delicate creatures are believed to symbolize transformation, spiritual connection, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

What is the spiritual meaning of a dragonfly? As is the case with many animals, symbolism around dragonflies changes across countries, cultures and centuries. Once seen in Europe, in places like ...

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 ...

I like this haiku by Jacqui Thewless. It brings to mind the thick, humid air hanging over a reed-choked drainage ditch in mid-July. And hovering above, a damselfly searching, always searching, for the ...

Tricolored Heron with male Red Saddlebags: Dragonflies have their good vision and swift and agile flight to protect them from predators, but sometimes it isn’t enough. Band-winged Meadowhawk in tandem ...

A global assessment of more than 6,000 dragonfly and damselfly species shows that 16% are at risk of extinction. The main threats to these insects are the human destruction of their wetland habitats, ...

The dragonfly is to the insect world what the hummingbird is to the bird world — they are mostly nectar feeders. Both have flight patterns that are unrivaled – they can turn on a dime and have a love ...

A summer image now - dragonflies skimming over a lake, lighting on the surface for a moment then rolling off again. That's all in a day's work for Dr. Jessica Ware. She studies dragonflies at Rutgers ...