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Tiny Insect, Big Questions: Is the World’s Smallest Dragonfly Splitting Into Two Species?

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A close-up of a Nannophya pygmaea dragonfly perched on a dried flower bud, showing its transparent wings, red eyes, and vibrant orange-red abdomen, against a blurred background.

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With a wingspan about the size of a penny, Nannophya pygmaea is the smallest dragonfly known to science. Its two distinct populations in east Asia rarely mix, and a new study examining N. pygmaea combines genetics and climate models to explore isolation, habitat shifts, and the gray area between populations and species. [Read more]

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