Mercury is a dangerous pollutant that accumulates in the bodies of animals. It can fall to the ground in raindrops or snowflakes, or, in vapor form, stick to leaves that shower to the earth in autumn.

I can even remember a few times when a dragonfly larva blessed the pond at my parents’ house. I’d watch them crawl out of the ...

Dragonfly larvae samples were collected as part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project. Many national parks and other protected places, including national forests, wildlife refuges, and tribal lands ...

Damselflies and dragonflies have aquatic larvae called nymphs or naiads (nymph for dragonfly, left). These larvae are also fearsome predators, with extendable mouthparts that can skewer prey from a ...

The chipmunks, mice, and red and gray squirrels have been bolder the last few summers, as the cat Brian’s years caught up ...

LIFE CYCLE: Larvae live for up to five years, and adults live for at most seven weeks more. It is a short adulthood of feeding, sexual interaction, and egg deposition. When it emerges as an adult, a ...

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In a freshwater pond, it's "eat or be eaten." A dragonfly larva eats a midge; a water beetle larva eats a damselfly larva. Snail larvae grow. A beetle larva eats one. Up close, we see the eating ...

With the green cover in Goa, the state is a home to various different species, from the tiniest insects to the majestic ...

Ramsar is a city in Iran where the convention on wetlands was adopted in 1971, and a site bearing that name signals its ...

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