Dragonflies and humans can see colors similarly, thanks to a common protein in the eye that resulted from parallel evolution.

Do dragonflies see like humans? Researchers discovered dragonflies use a red-sensing opsin identical to mammals. This study ...

Dragonfly expert Jessica Ware heads to Guyuna to sample dragonfly diversity. Dragonfly expert Jessica Ware is on a mission to understand the evolutionary history of dragonflies. Deep in the rainforest ...

Sometimes, different organisms can evolve the same ability independently, a process called parallel evolution. A new study ...

Dragonflies can see deep red light using a mammal-like mechanism, revealing a surprising case of parallel evolution.