Tiny yellow twinkling lights dotted the trails of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum on Sunday at dusk. With each flicker of light, another person’s eyes lit up. “What I love about it is that it’s a ...

Before then, fireflies were almost like mythical little creatures that only existed in movies and books. This adorable group ...

Light pollution is blinding North American fireflies. Discover how artificial light disrupts their mating and how you can ...

A summer tradition at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum lets visitors trade fireworks for fireflies, as naturalists warn the glowing insects are disappearing in many parts of the country.

These beloved insects are facing growing challenges. Today, an estimated 1 in 3 North American firefly species is at risk of extinction.

Perhaps once collected in a jar or observed from the palm of your hand, fireflies are curious creatures that communicate via a yellow glow. They are especially chatty on hot summer nights. Fireflies ...

Around the globe, scientists are reporting an overall decline in the firefly population. But don't tell that to many Milwaukeeans as they see their backyards aglow with dancing lights this summer. The ...

For many Americans, fireflies (or lightning bugs, depending on where you live) are an iconic sign of summer, lighting up warm evenings with their twinkling glow. Fireflies are little beetles in the ...

Fireflies that flash synchronously were known from the Southeast U.S., but are now known from Pennsylvania's Allegheny Forest ...

For over a century, the accepted value for a firefly's brightness has mostly stood, tracing its origins to experiments ...

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