Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They glow like fading stars and have made memories of shimmering summertime backyards for generations. Whether called a firefly, ...

A little chemistry, a little coding and a whole lot of mating are just part of the story behind summer’s tiny fireworks show: the lightning bug. “Fireflies have adapted the ability to glow and flash ...

INDIANA, USA — Lightning bugs started flying around a bit earlier this year thanks to our wetter and warmer spring overall! Peak season may a bit earlier than normal this year. Or are they fireflies?

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Those magical summer dusk scenes we shared as children featuring fireflies are slowly becoming extinct. Depending on where you grew up, you may call them fireflies, lightning bugs ...

Every year for two weeks between mid-May and mid-June, Congaree National Park in South Carolina is home to a fairy-tale-like display of flashing lights. These rhythmic performances happen all because ...

INDIANAPOLIS — If you have been out at dusk in southern or parts of central Indiana recently and spotted a few flickering lights in the yard, you are not imagining it. Lightning bugs have been ...

Lightning bug populations appear to have dramatically decreased in recent years. The author reminisces about childhood memories of catching lightning bugs in jars. Habitat loss, pesticide use, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Launched in 2013, the annual event has become so popular that the Butlers had to institute a lottery system to protect the ...

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 ...

As summer heats up and humidity thickens the air, Minnesota’s annual spectacle of fireflies arrives. The flashes of greenish to yellowish light flicker at the edge of meadows and moist woods. Or you ...