A dragonfly garden can transform your yard into a peaceful but wild nature experience, an organic progression sought by some who have immersed themselves in gardening and the outdoors lately. Rolling ...

Along with heat and humidity, mosquitoes are a constant to Houston summers. We can't control the weather, but we've tried everything under the sun to control mosquitoes. To some, the introduction of ...

A tandem pair of Common Green Darners (Anax junius) laying eggs. © Dennis Paulson. Find out more about Dragonfly Monitoring and other great citizen science projects ...

Of all the gossamer-winged dragonflies zipping across ponds this summer, none is more easily recognizable than the male Eastern pondhawk. Its name perfectly describes its hawklike behavior of flying ...

You may not be aware, but Aug. 20 is World Mosquito Day. It isn’t a day to celebrate mosquitoes. Instead, it marks the discovery, made in 1897 by the British doctor Sir Ronald Ross, that female ...

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 ...

If you’re ready to bring nature into your own backyard, here are some quick tips to create an enchanting dragonfly garden on a budget. These tips come from Wisconsin dragonfly expert and entomologist ...