Megalagrion pacificum is an endangered damselfly found on Maui. Evolving over 20 million years of isolation, these native damselflies and dragonflies are threatened by habitat loss and introduced ...

Perched on the edge of a leaf, this damselfly takes a moment to gather his thoughts. The fly becomes beautifully animated in this humorous pose as he scratches his head and the concentration can be ...

This little insect looks very similar to a dragonfly, but it isn't. It is a damselfly. There are many different kinds and colors of damselflies in the world. Most of them are much smaller than ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - In a race against the “extinction clock,” scientists are reintroducing native damselflies into the wild on Oahu’s North Shore. A small platoon of biologists have ...

With captive rearing techniques improving over time, scientists estimate they’ve released nearly 4,500 damselflies near Dillingham Airfield. A damselfly, the smaller relative of the dragonfly, was ...

For over 20 years, a research team has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different color forms -- one with a male-like appearance, something that protects them from mating ...

Rustic tiny homes hold a certain appeal for those who want to experience the beauty of country life. With tiny mobile living transitioning from novelty to commonplace over the last few years, it is ...

This little damselfly thought it was cleverly hiding behind a blade of grass at a British lake, but didn’t realise its big bug eyes gave away its disguise. The tiny insect concealed its two-inch body ...

CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons made a lot of fourth-graders happy today when he signed into law a bill making the vivid dancer damselfly Nevada’s official state insect. The effort to make the blue and ...

Thanks to the fourth- graders at Beatty Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada has the beautiful Vivid Dancer Damselfly as its official state insect, not the ugly “mosquito” or “barfly” that state ...