The lightning bug was first discovered in Pickens County in 1986, southwest of Table Rock State Park. Shortly after it was ...

I finally saw my first firefly of the summer. This is huge because I used to live among them in the Crystal River Valley. I ...

Light pollution is blinding North American fireflies. Discover how artificial light disrupts their mating and how you can ...

10TV Meteorologist Aaron White explains why you might see more fireflies this summer.

Fireflies are putting on an especially dazzling show across central Ohio this summer due to the combination of a wet spring ...

Two teachers at a Mecklenburg County park stumbled upon a blue-glowing firefly. It might be a completely new species. An ...

Firefly populations in the Ozarks are making a comeback this summer due to higher rainfall, although overall populations ...

For over a century, the accepted value for a firefly's brightness has mostly stood, tracing its origins to experiments ...

The firefly family is known as Lampyridae.

When I looked out the kitchen window early one recent morning, there was a yellowish moth on it. I hit the window a few times, but it never moved and was still there hours later. At night, moths are ...

Many people think back on their childhood summers and recall evenings spent chasing fireflies across a field, perhaps catching the insects in jars to admire their fascinating blinking patterns up ...