Mary Arkiszewski stumbled upon Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s most famous flashing beetle, the synchronous firefly, almost by accident. She and her husband had always enjoyed hiking and ...

As a younger man, Joe Cicero saw "thousands and thousands of them." Swarms of fireflies put on a soundless fireworks show for him every summer in southern Arizona. The sight of the fireflies flashing ...

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. – Fireflies have been a nostalgic symbol of summer for many generations, but like many insects, their population numbers are decreasing. That’s why the Butterfly House is stepping up ...

Visit Indy, Lafayette, and New Harmony to learn about our state insect, the Say’s Firefly. The firefly. The lightning bug. The romance of early summer in Indiana has always been a twinkling glow of ...

DELAWARE SEASHORE STATE PARK, Del. (AP) — On a muggy July evening, Delaware state biologist Jason Davis is doing what kids have done for ages: Trying to catch a firefly. It’s nowhere near as easy as ...

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.

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — When you think of a summer evening, you often envision the tiny lights from fireflies dancing in your yard. Whether you call them fireflies or lightning bugs, you may be noticing ...

On a muggy July evening, Delaware state biologist Jason Davis is doing what kids have done for ages: trying to catch a firefly. It's nowhere near as easy as the summer evenings of his own childhood, ...