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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Fireflies are lighting up summer evenings across the U.S. Northeast, putting on dazzling shows in backyards and city parks. There's no official count, but experts say a particularly wet spring may ...

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 ...

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.

Launched in 2013, the annual event has become so popular that the Butlers had to institute a lottery system to protect the fireflies that visitors so desperately wanted to see. This year, 2,500 people ...