# Dragonflies that fly across oceans

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDIndia 2009
- Speaker: Charles Anderson
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_anderson_dragonflies_that_fly_across_oceans)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

While living and working as a marine biologist in Maldives, Charles Anderson noticed sudden explosions of dragonflies at certain times of year. He explains how he carefully tracked the path of a plain, little dragonfly called the globe skimmer, only to discover that it had the longest migratory journey of any insect in the world.

## Lectures

1. [Dragonflies that fly across oceans](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/charles_anderson_dragonflies_that_fly_across_oceans/dec2774c06f6), 17 min (TED's player)