The emperor dragonfly is expanding north into Scotland and Ireland Dragonflies are moving northwards across Britain and ...

Here’s a clue – it looks like a dragonfly! Insects were the first animals that could fly. These dragonfly-like insects lived 300 million years ago. They had an enormous, 71-centimetre wingspan – ...

They fly during the day and pollinate ... They were among one of the first winged insects to evolve, and some fossil ...

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 ...

Iain H Leach Black darter: With a home in upland bogs, this species is in decline Dragonflies are fast-flying, four-winged insects with long bodies and large eyes. They were some of the first ...