About this episode

Alie Ward discusses dragonflies with expert Dr. Jessica Ware, covering their characteristics and history.

They’re acrobatic fliers with long bodies and veined wings and their babies breathe through their butts: dragonflies. Let’s get into the difference between a damselfly and dragonfly, how fast they dart around, how big they were in the age of the dinosaurs, and lots more with scholar, American Museum of Natural History curator, and dragonfly expert: Dr. Jessica Ware.

People in this episode

Host: Alie Ward

Guest: Jessica Ware

Topics covered

• dragonflies
• damselflies
• insects
• natural history
• paleontology

Keywords

• dragonflies
• damselflies
• insect flight
• natural history
• paleontology
• Jessica Ware

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Museum of Natural History

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