These light-up insects put on the most magical show of the summer.

A few expert-approved tweaks can help your yard glow again—with less work, not more.

For more than a century, an overestimation of a firefly’s brightness has persisted.

For many Americans, fireflies (or lightning bugs, depending on where you live) are an iconic sign of summer, lighting up warm evenings with their twinkling glow. Fireflies are little beetles in the ...

Fireflies that flash synchronously were known from the Southeast U.S., but are now known from Pennsylvania's Allegheny Forest ...

Fireflies are the romantics of the insect world. In the summer months, they emerge from the ground with love on the brain. They only live for two to three weeks once they've become full adults and in ...

Fireflies are still very much a part of Northeast Ohio summers. While their numbers have declined in some areas, the difference often comes down to habitat.

Thanks in part to the Firefly Atlas, researchers and citizen scientists are making discoveries and documenting uncommon ...