New research indicates some of the architecture’s oldest and most reliable designs can be built even better thanks to insect ...

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the University of Granada, Spain, have determined the most efficient ways to ...

Males of some dragonfly species display dark ornamental coloration on their wings to attract potential mates. This, however, ...

"We show that dragonfly species that have evolved dark breeding coloration on their wings have also evolved the ability to tolerate high temperatures," said Dr. Noah Leith, a biologist at the ...

According to an international team , some of the strongest and most reliable domed ceilings can be built by more closely imitating the semi-irregular geometric patterns seen in dragonfly wings.

Visible-spectrum image of a dragonfly with dark wing coloration form the genus Tramea. Image: Noah Leith. Males of some dragonfly species display dark ornamental coloration on their wings to attract ...

Researchers explored whether male dragonflies with dark wing coloration, used as a sexual signal during mating, are more ...

Temperature determines where species can live and if they are threatened by a warming climate. So, for a long time, ...