I can even remember a few times when a dragonfly larva blessed the pond at my parents’ house. I’d watch them crawl out of the ...

Charles Darwin hypothesized that life might have begun in a “warm little pond”, because the availability of water ... have aquatic larvae called nymphs or naiads (nymph for dragonfly, left). These ...

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 ...

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

A Balkan pond turtle shares a moment of peaceful coexistence with a northern banded groundling dragonfly in Israel’s Jezreel Valley. Tzahi was positioned in his hide photographing shore birds when he ...