Notably, the Japanese believed that red dragonflies carry the souls of our departed loved ones, so there is a long history ...

Autumn has descended on the hilly slopes of Biei Town in Hokkaido, offering visitors peak tranquility as red dragonflies dance in the golden glow of evening.

Nearly a fifth of dragonflies, insects that play a role in managing diseases by gobbling mosquito larvae, are at threat of extinction due to habitat destruction, the latest Red List of Threatened ...

Additional literature-based studies by Watanabe revealed that dragonflies had been used as medicine in various parts of Japan since ancient times. [6] In Iwate, there is a record of burning red ...

global decline in dragonflies, researchers say. Their plight has been highlighted by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's latest Red List of Threatened Species, following its ...

Species expanding their range include the emperor dragonfly, migrant hawker, ruddy darter, black-tailed skimmer and small red-eyed damselfly. In contrast, some upland and northern dragonflies are ...

Officials reported the first date of each year that they spotted red dragonflies, fireflies, swallows and black-spotted pond frogs and heard the sounds of Japanese bush warblers, various species ...