dragonfly
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A first-of-its-kind study of dragonfly and damselfly species in India's Western Ghats - one of the world's most important biodiversity hotspots - has revealed findings that are both fascinating and worrying.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
He’s started dressing in oversized designer T-shirts, massive shearling coats, and a slim suit with dragonflies on it—with matching dragonfly shoes.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2024
A dragonfly lands on a plant near one of the yard’s water features.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
These conditions preserved fossils in incredible detail, capturing delicate structures like dragonfly wings and even a dinosaur feather.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2024
The albino fairy flew up and gave the imp a kiss on the mouth, and it became a striking fairy with fiery red hair and iridescent dragonfly wings.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
A research team led by Professors Mitsumasa Koyanagi and Akihisa Terakita at OMU's Graduate School of Science identified a specific opsin in dragonflies that responds to light at around 720 nm.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2026
Red and blue dragonflies buzzed about our heads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
A short preview of the experience was Disneyfied fun: immersion in a landscape whose inhabitants included giant dragonflies, a Pteranodon, a group of long-necked Astrodon and agile hadrosaurs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2025
Rare dragonflies were sighted on various bogland ecosystems, including this female Scare Chaser dragonfly at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
The spies, their thoughts moving even more quickly than their darting steeds, exchanged a glance and brought the dragonflies to rest side by side on a dry, withered branch.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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