Remember those glowing wonders you’d catch in your hands on a warm summer night? Whether you called them fireflies, lightning bugs, glow flies or moon bugs, these beautiful bioluminescent creatures ...

POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Nature fanatics can spend their Friday evening at Powhatan State Park learning about the science of lightning bugs and how to protect them. Did you know that fireflies ...

It's August, kids are already heading back to school and public swimming pools are shutting down for the season, but remember this: Indiana's great outdoors remain open for your enjoyment. Weekend ...

On a beautiful summer’s evening, Ariel Firebaugh, a UVa graduate student with roots in Franklin County, called them the most charismatic of insects. It’s true. I doubt there are many people who don’t ...

And does this mean we may be the last generation to experience these tiny, shimmering jewels? Fireflies (Lampyridae) have ...

The flash of fireflies is a tiny but powerful sign of summer. These little insects delight young and old. They’re important enough to be Pennsylvania’s state insect, appropriately named photuris ...

LEWISBURG — As often as we see “lightning bugs,” how many times can we just focus on them and their enchanting nighttime glow? The Merrill W. Linn Land and Waterways Conservancy will host Fireflies in ...

Beatriz Swanson can remember the first time she saw the blinking glow. She was 10 years old, growing up in Mexico, when two fireflies appeared in front of her, floating away before she could carefully ...

What human mathematicians must learn how to model is just a way of life for fireflies in Pennsylvania’s forests. A new study from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh shows that math borrowed ...

The June air was thick with summer heat. Mosquitoes rose in clouds around us, testing our resolve while we gathered our cameras and sensors. We walked into the wetland, down the unmarked path until ...