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Fireflies are lighting up summer evenings across the U.S. Northeast, putting on dazzling shows in backyards and city parks. There's no official count, but experts say a particularly wet spring may ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Doug Taron of the Chicago Academy of Sciences why Chicagoans are seeing more lightning bugs this year. This summer, Chicagoans are noticing more lightning bugs, as they ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — There are many misconceptions ...

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These are tough times for fireflies. Like a lot of other insects, they face increasing threats from habitat loss, pesticides and pollution. But they also have a problem that’s unique to luminous bugs: ...

This summer, Chicagoans are noticing more lightning bugs, as they call them. We've seen other upticks like this elsewhere, such as in Texas in 2016. And to find out if this is part of something bigger ...