UC Davis researchers are using high-speed cameras to follow how dragonflies catch prey in flight. (Photo of blue dasher dragonfly by Getty Images) Despite their small size, dragonflies are arguably ...

Long before birds ruled the skies, the dragonfly evolved a hunting strategy so effective that it still outperforms most predators today.

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 ...

Common big-eared bat (Micronycteris microtis) eating a freshly-caught dragonfly. Co-author Inga Geipel, a research associate at STRI, previously suggested that M. microtis detects silent prey by ...

The dexterity of this black wood spider is remarkable. A large dragonfly had already gotten caught in her web, and she had killed it. Now, she is using silk to wrap it up, a behavior spiders use to ...