Discovering why a rare firefly is thriving at an Indiana nature preserve could benefit other threatened species.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As the last of the sunset’s pink hues disappeared from the sky, the Fort Collins field came to life. One flash appeared. Then another. Suddenly, the entire ...

Residents are encouraged to turn off outdoor lights in June to help fireflies, which use their glow to attract mates. To create a firefly-friendly habitat, experts suggest leaving leaf litter, ...

When Amanda Butler Schley, a New Orleans attorney, emailed about Magee’s Creek Retreat in Walthall County, just across the Mississippi/Louisiana state line off Interstate 55, she mentioned the ...

The Photinus carolinus species of firefly has a few weeks every summer to flash their bioluminescent lights and mate. The beetles may have gotten too good at their job. These days, their rare display ...

They go by a few different names: fireflies, glow flies, lightning bugs – but whatever you call them, these glowing insects are about to make their annual debut. In Wisconsin, the first fireflies of ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will have its annual synchronous firefly viewing nights at Elkmont May 20-27. Those who did not win the vehicle pass lottery can still see the fireflies by visiting ...

Congaree National Park is home to a light show like no other. Synchronous fireflies light up the park each year but seeing this phenomenon can be a challenge of its own. Thousands enter into a lottery ...

COLUMBIA — It won’t be long before the synchronous fireflies will light up the forest at Congaree National Park. And those who want to see the natural phenomena can take a shot at a single-night pass ...

Scientists have discovered that male fireflies in a South Carolina swamp follow local interaction rules to synchronize their flashing mating displays. The research is being presented at a meeting of ...

In the middle of the old-growth forests of Congaree National Park in South Carolina, fireflies put on an other-worldly display every May. Thousands of male insects belonging to the species Photuris ...