Cristina Coxon snapped a pic of what is believed to be an eight spotted skimmer, a member of the dragonfly family.

Dragonflies may look elegant in the air, but their underwater young are built like tiny horror machines. Dragonfly nymphs ...

The dexterity of this black wood spider is remarkable. A large dragonfly had already gotten caught in her web, and she had ...

Female spring peepers lay as many as 1,000 tiny eggs and attach them to sticks and vegetation under the water.

Funny and heartwarming, Hainamuli: A Love Potion Catastrophe, a story from Assam that’s part of this collection narrated by Mijing Gwra Basumatary, is about the mysterious ways of love ...

Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years – long before the dinosaurs. They were among the first flying insects to appear on Earth. They entered my life in 2017 and have changed it ...

Ever felt like mosquitoes bite you while ignoring everyone else? Scientists are now making progress in deciphering the ...

People have touted garlic as a potential weapon against mosquitoes before. Often, though, this has involved using garlic as a repellant, either by directly applying it to the skin or eating it in ...

Hong Kong will try out a “mosquito-to-control-mosquito” strategy next year, under which the insect males are infected with bacteria to prevent their offspring from reaching maturity, following the ...

Science reveals why some people attract far more mosquitoes, from skin chemistry to compounds linked to disease.

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