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Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some ...
Habitat loss, the increased use of pesticides and light pollution are all factors as to why people are seeing less fireflies ...
In a process called bioluminescence, lightning bugs produce light through a chemical reaction in their body. Unlike a ...
DarkSky International in 2016 designated Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve as the nation’s first preserve to achieve ...
Pesticide use, loss of habitat and, ironically, light pollution are all a threat to the insects. But there is reason to be ...
This summer has been a good year for viewing lightning bugs or fireflies because of several weather conditions. Here's what ...
After struggling over the last few years, the Chicago area's firefly population seems to be enjoying a "pretty good year," ...
Contributing to Firefly Watch, which is citizen-based research spanning the past six years, can also help. In roughly 7,000 locations in the U.S., 16,500 submissions have tracked fireflies in fields, ...
Fireflies face numerous threats contributing to their decline, but this summer's humid nights have them out in force across ...
As wooded and grassy areas are erased for buildings, parking lots, and manicured lawns, lightning bugs have fewer locations ...
Fireflies face numerous threats contributing to their decline, but this summer's humid nights have them out in force in some ...