A team of entomologists will be conducting the nation's first-ever statewide firefly inventory in Pennsylvania to learn about ...

MISSOURI, USA — Lights in the Midwest's summer nights have grown dimmer over the past decades. The glowing flicks of fireflies, or lightning bugs, trigger nostalgia and deeply held childhood memories ...

A firefly sits on a leaf at a nature area in Columbia. Scientists say loss of wild lands has led to diminishing numbers of lightning bugs over time. There are more than 40 species of fireflies in ...

Fireflies, also known as lightning bugs (or even glowworms) are a part of the Lampyridae family that produce a glowing light from their abdomens. It’s not magic—their famous glow by is an example of ...

Rainy, damp weather along the eastern United States in summer 2025 has one upside: Fireflies love it. "Fireflies and their prey (snails, slugs, worms) need moisture, so years with high rainfall, ...

Female Photuris fireflies use their light to mimic other firefly species, attracting unsuspecting males, ambushing them, then eating them. The Photuris firefly consumes males of other firefly species ...

CASS COUNTY, MI – Bill Westrate fondly remembers all the fireflies he would see when driving by the agricultural fields around his farm in Cass County 20 years ago. “You could drive by in the evening ...

It looks like a scene from a fairytale. Over the past few decades, firefly population have been declining due to factors like light pollution, pesticides, and habitat loss. Now there's a ray of hope: ...

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 ...

Everyone loves fireflies, the famous light-emitting insects that flit through gardens on summer evenings! They form the Lampyridae family and are sometimes called glowworms or lightning bugs.

MISSOURI, USA — Lights in the Midwest's summer nights have grown dimmer over the past decades. The glowing flicks of fireflies, or lightning bugs, trigger nostalgia and deeply held childhood memories ...