It’s an age-old debate that divides families, friends, states and nations: Lightning bugs or fireflies? You chased them as a kid, captured them in your hands. Maybe even put them in jars for an hour ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most insects of this species have soft bodies, though, making it hard to find fossils and trace the origin of the bioluminescence.

This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At the third meeting of the Moriyama City Firefly Forest Museum’s eight-week Firefly Course, a ...

The season for lightning bugs—also known as fireflies—is beginning as warmer, more humid air spreads north across the country. These glowing insects thrive in slightly tropical environments and are a ...

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.

Engineered wax moth larvae may become a fast, low-cost way to study infections and screen new drugs before testing in mammals ...

Fireflies aren’t just pretty lights in the dark - they’re warning signs for the health of entire ecosystems. Scientists are ...

Picture yourself stepping onto a quiet forest trail after sunset. The air feels cooler, and the leaves rustle in a soft rhythm that only nighttime knows. Shadows stretch long across the ground while ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — After the sun went down in ...

Children dressed in their best glowing insect and animal costumes ran through the woods of the Chippewa Nature Center on Friday night to celebrate nighttime creatures at Nature at Night. This annual ...