While these eyes cannot see in as much detail as a human eye, they are very good at detecting movement. Their enhanced visual field and ability to detect movement help insects avoid predators and ...

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 ...

The emperor dragonfly is expanding north into ... in decline Dragonflies are fast-flying, four-winged insects with long bodies and large eyes. They were some of the first winged insects to evolve ...

but that doesn’t mean all animals’ eyes are alike. Take this dragonfly, for example. Its eyes are actually made up of thousands of tiny different lenses. We call this kind of eye a compound ...