A local Pennsylvania expert shares why fireflies may be declining and how small changes at home can help protect them.

Fireflies are technically beetles. Growing up, Clyde Sorenson loved catching bugs, especially fireflies. But even as a kid, the budding entomologist saw that there was a lot more to these soft-bodied ...

Fireflies are emerging across Pennsylvania. Learn how to attract them and find details on the upcoming festival.

KELLETTVILLE, Pa. ― Every year in late June, Peggy Butler and her husband, Ken, welcome visitors to rural northwestern Pennsylvania for the chance to glimpse the rare and beguiling Photinus carolinus.

Naturalists report high-density firefly emergence across Ohio following a wet spring. Here are some hotspots to view them.

Summertime in the South is synonymous with the twinkling, light-up beetles that linger in the bushes, on the edge of the woods, or just beyond the lake. Those floating incandescent insects that are ...

Summer brings one of nature’s most impressive displays as thousands of fireflies light up forests. Here’s where you can still ...

You might be wondering if fireflies and lightning bugs are the same or different. It is a topic that has sparked debate, yet the reality is that they are the same insect. In fact, these creatures are ...

I grew up in Colorado, and I didn’t even know we had fireflies here until I started working at the Butterfly Pavilion.” ...