Dragonfly larvae sampled from Cape Cod and Minuteman National Historical Park recently helped tell a much bigger story about mercury pollution in the U.S. A national study published this week in the ...

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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 ...

A years-in-the-making model developed by the National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey could offer a deeper look at mercury concentration levels on federal lands across the country — including ...

Dragonfly larvae samples were collected as part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project. Many national parks and other protected places, including national forests, wildlife refuges, and tribal lands, have ...

With 360-degree vision, bright-colored bodies that sparkle jewel-like in the sun, and acrobatic flight patterns reaching speeds of nearly 35 miles per hour, dragonflies are some of the more glamorous ...

I have known about ringed boghaunter for more than 20 years, and I have yet to see one in the wild. I’ve looked, but, like the ghosts for which they are named, they are incredibly difficult to find. I ...

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 ...

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 ...