The bird migration that gave us plenty of water birds and raptors earlier now shows early songbirds. Soon their diversity will add much sight and sound to the forests. Frogs do their singing as well ...

LANSING, Mich. — Move over monarch butterfly; a large and fast-moving dragonfly is also vying for designation as Michigan’s official state insect. A bill introduced this week in Lansing would ...

Emerald green with slashes of blue, the green darner dragonfly is among the biggest and fastest of the dragonfly species in North America. You’ve probably seen them darting around bodies of water in ...

One of nature’s unheralded migrations is that of the green darner. If you watch carefully along a shoreline where dragonflies congregate in late summer, you may notice that the seemingly random ...

Swarms of the Common Green Darner dragonfly will be visible near Chicago through the end of the month. Chicago is the latest pit stop on the voyage of dragonflies — part of their multigenerational, ...

I caught my second green darner at the edge of a popular fishing hole, a place where I was somewhat self-conscious among the fishermen as I swung my net again and again. I m sure I looked silly, but I ...

On a pond shore at a wildlife refuge in southeast Boise, beside the Idaho Shakespeare Festival grounds, recent Timberline High School graduate Ben Gallafent snagged the catch of the day. Researchers ...

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At first glance this photo might appear to be just an unfortunate monarch butterfly lying dead in the grass. A closer observation shows something going on that might make you unhappy. A green ...

I've been wanting to feature this week's creature for years, but the need for further study always caused delays. And while there is still much to learn about this fascinating species, the common ...

Emma Redman, a College of Idaho senior, wades into the Boise River to collect aquatic insects that will tell researchers about the food resources available to dragonflies. Anna Eichert Students and ...