While the modern world has some big and scary creatures, the truth is that many of those animals are nothing compared to ...

Dragonflies may look delicate, but they’re one of nature’s most advanced flying predators. With nearly 360-degree vision, two pairs of independently controlled wings, and the ability to snatch prey ...

Oct. 18, 2006 — -- Before dinosaurs and birds came on the scene, dragonflies were king, with wingspans of about two and a half feet. That was 300 million years ago, during the late Paleozoic ...

VandenBrooks said tracheal volume may be tied to prehistoric dragonfly body size. "As you become a larger insect, more of your body is taken up by tracheal tubes. Eventually you reach a limit to ...

Rare fossilized dragonflies, which flitted about the area we now know as Kamloops, have been given scientific names — a first for British Columbia. Bruce Archibald, a paleontologist with Simon ...

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 ...

Scientists have theorised on the prehistoric oxygen level conditions, existing at the time, at almost 50% more than O2 levels today, which were ideal for the ancient dragonfly and may have promoted ...

Not only have dragonflies have been around for 300 million years, but there are about 7,000 species, and they can flap their wings at a rate of about 40 Hz. It's said that the prehistoric ...

Most of the dragonflies you see today are small and have a wingspan of about 2 to 5 inches. However, researchers believe that prehistoric dragonflies were much larger in size. Some of these winged ...

Non-aggressive dragonflies are colorful, prehistoric, meat-eating, flying insects. They are harmless to humans, but are especially adept at hunting and eating annoying mosquitoes, flies ...