KSL

Project confirms fireflies have a home in Utah, but their ecosystem role remains a mystery

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The Journal

Researchers insist fireflies exist in New Mexico – if you know where to look

This time of year is when Anna Walker, who directs the Western Firefly Project in New Mexico, gets a few false reports in her ...
The Advocate

Count fireflies in your backyard and become a part of a world-wide project

Despite their name, fireflies are neither on fire or flies. But chasing them on a summer night might be one of the sweetest of childhood memories. Katherine Rao shared that experience recently with ...
Shreveport Times on MSN

LSU AgCenter scientists launch project to restore fireflies to night sky

Mayor Yvette Crain took LSU AgCenter entomologists Aaron Ashbrook and Christine Gambino on a tour of Wetland Trace boardwalk ...
Colorado Public Radio

Chasing fireflies in the hidden corners of the dry, dry West

On a long, straight road across the rolling grasslands of New Mexico, there’s an island of trees shading low buildings: the village of Roy. The tiny city’s blocks are tidy but half-vacant, looking as ...
Hyperallergic

Cai Guo-Qiang’s Whimsical Pedicabs Light Up Philly

Cai Guo-Qiang’s Fireflies along Benjamin Franklin Parkway (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) PHILADELPHIA — As the sun set on a cloudy Philadelphia evening, a herd of cherry-red pedicabs ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Rare fireflies live on this Utah woman’s farm. A housing project threatens them.

Rare fireflies live on this Utah woman’s farm. A housing project threatens them. At first they looked like sparks. The flashes of light floated in the air for a second and then extinguished. A few ...
The Fayetteville Observer

What happened to the fireflies, and can you still see them in the Fayetteville area?

Homeowners can create firefly-friendly habitats by minimizing pesticide use, preserving leaf litter and reducing outdoor lighting. Firefly sightings are dependent on timing, location and light ...
WHYY

‘Fireflies’ dance on the Ben Franklin Parkway

The Ben Franklin Parkway is closed to traffic for the opening of ''Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies.''(Emily Cohen for WHYY) Cai Guo-Qiang (center) celebrates with his New York studio after a successful ...
Washington Times

Housing project threatens rare fireflies on Utah farm

SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) - At first they looked like sparks. The flashes of light floated in the air for a second and then extinguished. A few feet away, they would strike up again. Tiny, match-like ...
Post and Courier

Fireflies, the 1000-year flood and Columbia's famously hot temps subject of new public art project

Fireflies in the Lincoln Street tunnel. The "thousand-year flood" on Main Street. A heat island projected onto the Tapp's Building. Three Columbia-specific climate phenomena are featured in an ...