Dragonflies (Natural World) (Life S.) (Smithsonian's Natural World)

by Steve Brooks

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Dragonflies and damselflies have lived on earth for hundreds of millions of years, and there are thousands of different species living in watery environments throughout the world. Their aerial agility and vivid colours make them easily noticed on sunny summer days. But few people will have looked beyond the flash of blue, red, green or yellow to consider the lives of dragonflies. From the fossil record, which stretches back to an astonishing 250 million years, to a discussion of the major human impacts that are threatening many of today's species to extinction. Steve Brooks takes the reader into the...Read more
  • ISBN10 0565091808
  • ISBN13 9780565091804
  • Publish Date 4 January 2003
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 27 February 2008
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint The Natural History Museum
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 96
  • Language English