Thirty years ago, students from the Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School in Aniak were among those who held a statewide election to declare an insect that best represented Alaska. Their school’s ...

LANSING, Mich. — Move over monarch butterfly; a large and fast-moving dragonfly is also vying for designation as Michigan’s official state insect. A bill introduced this week in Lansing would ...

A formidable mosquito hunter with tiger-striped wings has been named Australia's top insect for 2025. The graphic flutterer dragonfly (Rhyothemis graphiptera) captured more than a quarter of all votes ...