Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some lightning bugs continue to shine.

When we disrupt the natural cycle of light and dark, wildlife can suffer. Migratory birds are thrown off course. Nocturnal ...

This summer has been a good year for viewing lightning bugs or fireflies because of several weather conditions. Here's what ...

While its population is declining across the country, experts have a theory about the insect's recent resurgence here.

They’re as bright as fireflies, but far harder to find. Still, experts say it’s worth seeking a glimpse of these stunning ...

As wooded and grassy areas are erased for buildings, parking lots, and manicured lawns, lightning bugs have fewer locations ...

Fireflies are vulnerable to climate change and habitat loss. A few landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a ...

DarkSky International in 2016 designated Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve as the nation’s first preserve to achieve ...

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.

In a process called bioluminescence, lightning bugs produce light through a chemical reaction in their body. Unlike a ...

A study published a year ago in Science of the Total Environment points to various environmental factors that could doom ...

Intensive farming, involving greater pesticide and fertiliser use, pollution and the resulting deterioration of farmland ...