Some dragonflies can grow to be around 5 inches in length. Most species have bulging eyes on the sides of their heads. They have good vision thanks to thousands of honeycomb-shaped lenses in each ...

There’s something magical about dragonflies. Whether it’s their many-lensed eyes, their captivating flight or their dramatic emergence into a majestic adult form, the insects have grabbed ...

Fun fact: The hexagon is the most common shape in nature. The hexagons in this image are in the eye of a dragonfly. Each hexagonal rod, called an ommatidium, contains major structures that have ...

The Dragonfly Mercury Project is studying dragonflies to determine amount of mercury in national park habitats. The project ...