By Jessica Ware and her research team

The consequences of transphobia, racism and xenophobia being written into this year’s presidential executive orders, coupled with cuts to research funding, have a direct and likely long-lasting impact on scientific advancement — not just within our country, but globally.

When people suffer, science suffers.

We are scientists who study insects, and we see our own stories and conflicts reflected in their lives. Young dragonflies live and develop in freshwater sources like ponds and lakes, then emerge as flying adults after months or years.

Dragonflies require a healthy freshwater ecosystem that can support an abundance of species — plant life to hide in, microscopic organisms to clean up waste, prey to feed on, and larger animals that shape and buffe

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