The wingless finger-shaped black insect with long antennae measuring just 15 millimeters (0.6 inches) is one of the few ...

The Patagonian Ice Dragon is a rare insect that lives within Chile's glaciers, now endangered due to global warming. Research led by Maribet Gamboa aims to preserve this species and its unique habitat ...

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The mating ritual of the moorland hawker dragonfly—common around the ponds and wetlands of Europe, Asia, and North ...

Discover the fascinating life cycle of dragonflies, from their underwater nymph stage to becoming agile mosquito hunters.

If you’ve ever watched a dragonfly zig and zag over a pond in search of dinner, you know how fast these gauzy-winged insects can move. In less than half the time it takes a human eye to blink, a ...