It's a right of passage in Iowa: Stepping out into your backyard to see fireflies lighting up the night sky. There are more than 170 species of glowing insects known as Lampyridae in North America.

(WKBN) – Summer has ended, and the cooler temperatures have returned to Ohio and Pennsylvania. As we roll into the fall season, you don’t see lightning bugs in your backyard during the evening. A ...

A light bulb literally lit up after Marcus Boykin had his drive from Humboldt to Lexington interrupted by a Humboldt City Police officer about three years ago. “I was cited for having a headlight out, ...

Early July nights are rocked with fireworks, but after the smoke clears, Mother Nature starts a light show of her own. The fireflies are out and about. People have been talking about seeing less in ...

While putting out our recycling bin last Sunday night, I was elated to see the first lightning bugs of the year flashing their love lights to one another. There were only a few, but I excitedly ...

No matter if you call them lightning bugs or fireflies we all remember as a child catching these bugs in our hands, putting them in a jar, or just sitting on the porch on Summer nights watching them ...