Dragonflies can see deep red light using a mammal-like mechanism, revealing a surprising case of parallel evolution.

At first glance, dragonflies and humans seem to have nothing in common. However, a new study has shown that this is not the ...

Sometimes, different organisms can evolve the same ability independently, a process called parallel evolution. A new study ...

Dragonflies can see deeper red light than humans and this discovery may help scientists develop better medical tools.

Dragonflies may see the world in a way that pushes beyond human limits—and surprisingly, they do it using the same molecular trick we evolved ourselves. Scientists discovered that these insects can ...

Dragonflies have evolved special light-sensing proteins that let them see deeper red light than most animals. Researchers ...

One of the most accurate indicators of the health of the natural world is the ecosystem itself. For decades, scientists have ...

Do dragonflies see like humans? Researchers discovered dragonflies use a red-sensing opsin identical to mammals. This study ...

This breakthrough connects insect vision to human biology and could advance optogenetics, enabling new treatments using light to target cells deep within the body.

How many insects can boast their own international organization? That is the case for dragonflies and damselflies, both members of the order Odonata (meaning “toothed” — the dragonfly has serrated ...

Emma Redman, a College of Idaho senior, wades into the Boise River to collect aquatic insects that will tell researchers about the food resources available to dragonflies. Anna Eichert Students and ...