As urbanisation consumes wildlife habitats in the UAE, one scientist has rediscovered a dragonfly thought to be extinct.
![The water catchments in Wadi Wurayah are the only sources of year-round freshwater [Oliver Kerr/EWS-WWF]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/201421811831339734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
As urbanisation consumes wildlife habitats in the UAE, one scientist has rediscovered a dragonfly thought to be extinct.
![The water catchments in Wadi Wurayah are the only sources of year-round freshwater [Oliver Kerr/EWS-WWF]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/201421811831339734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Labourers say their wages have barely changed in three decades, while the cost of living has skyrocketed.
![Malik Amanullah has spent 30 years living in a squalid labour camp in Dubai [Michael Dickison/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014225113920779734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)