Before humans invented fire, the only things that lit up the night were the moon, the stars and bioluminescent creatures – including fireflies. These ambassadors of natural wonder are soft-bodied ...

With the arrival of summer, many recalling childhood memories of watching fireflies blink across a dark landscape might be wondering, where did all the lightning bugs go? According to the Xerces ...

If you grew up chasing fireflies on warm summer nights, you probably have magical memories of flickering lights dancing across the yard as mason jars glowed on the porch. However, moments like this ...

For more than a century, fireflies have been treated as biology’s most dependable natural light source. Each species was ...

Watching fireflies is one of the singular pleasures of a warm summer night. Many of us have fond memories of watching them flit about and even catching them in a jar to observe their flashes more ...

Fireflies have long been a staple of summertime, ordinary insects by day that become dancing sparks of light at night. Sadly, their magic is disappearing. One in three firefly species may be at risk ...

Fireflies minor league baseball team in Columbia, SC is holding auditions for singers to perform "The Star Spangled Banner" ...

When Ibiyinka Olufimi Alao was growing up in Nigeria, his father tasked him to go out and gather fireflies. The boy complied, and proudly presented his father with a jar filled with tiny winged ...