Chris Romo took this photo in late summer of what appears to be a nearly emerged familiar bluet damselfly (Enallagma civile).

Perched on the edge of a leaf, this damselfly takes a moment to gather his thoughts. The fly becomes beautifully animated in this humorous pose as he scratches his head and the concentration can be ...

Rustic tiny homes hold a certain appeal for those who want to experience the beauty of country life. With tiny mobile living transitioning from novelty to commonplace over the last few years, it is ...

The vivid dancer damselfly is a blue insect with transparent wings that "appear silver when rapidly beating in the sunlight." A bug with the Nevada colors of silver and blue might seem like a natural ...

Thanks to the fourth- graders at Beatty Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada has the beautiful Vivid Dancer Damselfly as its official state insect, not the ugly “mosquito” or “barfly” that state ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." Dragonflies and ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - In a race against the “extinction clock,” scientists are reintroducing native damselflies into the wild on Oahu’s North Shore. A small platoon of biologists have ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Damselflies are the demure relatives of dragonflies, those brash mosquito eaters of ponds and ...

For over 20 years, a research team has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different color forms -- one with a male-like appearance, something that protects them from mating ...

With captive rearing techniques improving over time, scientists estimate they’ve released nearly 4,500 damselflies near Dillingham Airfield. A damselfly, the smaller relative of the dragonfly, was ...

Dragonflies are a common sight in late summer and early fall in Kansas, whether it be one or two of the creatures, or a whole swarm, as reported last week in and around Wichita. The dragonfly is an ...