It’s the last day of June and I’m standing under the overhang on my back deck protected from the last drips of a rainstorm.

You’ve probably seen or heard at least once in your lifetime about fireflies – the famous light-emitting insects! They form ...

As night falls over Australia's forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life. In ...

Fireflies, otherwise known as lightning bugs, are known for their ability to glow at night. According to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, fireflies are actually not flies, but are ...

Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some ...

As wooded and grassy areas are erased for buildings, parking lots, and manicured lawns, lightning bugs have fewer locations to live and grow from larvae. Pesticides can also poison and kill fireflies ...

A new study has seemingly made the idiom obsolete, disproving the long-held belief — dating back to the Roman Empire around 1 AD — that flying bugs are attracted to light.

They look like train car windows illuminated at night. These worms are the larva or the larviform female adults of the Phrixothrix beetles. ... Summary of 7 Bioluminescent bugs That Light Up.