Dragonflies help monitor our fresh water sources

26 July 2016 - 20:46
By Tanya Farber

If ever you thought dragonflies – which have been around for 325 million years – are white elephants with no purpose in the modern world‚ think again.A local book‚ hot off the press‚ shows how watching these iridescent and mysterious creatures can help monitor the country’s water levels in dams and rivers.

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