In 2016, Biologists at Rutgers University discovered that the globe skimmer dragonfly is the world's longest-distance flying insect
- Image AI generatedIn March 2016, researchers identified the globe skimmer dragonfly, Pantala flavescens, as the world's longest-distance flying insect.
- Led by researchers at Rutgers University-Newark, the study used genetic analysis rather than direct observation to reach its conclusion, comparing DNA samples collected from dragonfly populations scattered across multiple continents.
- Rutgers University-Newark findings suggested these insects were travelling extraordinary distances and interbreeding across oceans, creating a single global gene pool.
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- Image AI generatedIn March 2016, researchers identified the globe skimmer dragonfly, Pantala flavescens, as the world's longest-distance flying insect.
- Led by researchers at Rutgers University-Newark, the study used genetic analysis rather than direct observation to reach its conclusion, comparing DNA samples collected from dragonfly populations scattered across multiple continents.
- Rutgers University-Newark findings suggested these insects were travelling extraordinary distances and interbreeding across oceans, creating a single global gene pool.
Sources: Times of India