Firefly fans who'd like to see lightning bugs year-round are out of luck. The insect, which is a type of beetle, is usually seen only between spring and summer, with different species emerging at ...

At this time of year, when the rockets hurl into the darkness and go "BANG," there are lots of natural fireworks, too.Fireflies are back this year and can best be seen in places that don't have a lot ...

It’s not easy counting fireflies. Across North America, there are an estimated 170 fireflies species, which are technically beetles in the order Coleoptera, but inventorying them is a challenge. While ...

Chasing lightning bugs on a summer night is a rite of passage for many youngsters. You know how it goes, pursuing the flickering lights across the dusk sky until you ...

Avalon Owens received a 2019 Environmental Fellowship from the Robert & Patricia Swizter Foundation, and is a member of the IUCN SSC Firefly Specialist Group and Zoological Lighting Association. Sara ...

Banner image: Fireflies dance over a field near Sawhill Ponds in Boulder, Colorado. (Credit: Peleg Lab) Owen Martin steps carefully through the knee-high grass growing up around a long-abandoned ...

Clyde Sorenson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Synchronous fireflies in the woods at Elkmont in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Radim Schreiber for Great Smoky Mountains National Park A ticket to the annual Great Smoky Mountain synchronous ...

The Fireflies.ai project is a good reminder that not every startup project goes from idea to unicorn-status in 48 minutes. Instead, the startup’s CEO Krish Ramineni told TechCrunch about how a period ...