This summer has been a good year for viewing lightning bugs or fireflies because of several weather conditions. Here's what ...

Fireflies thrive in moist, warm environments, which is why summer in DC is the perfect place for these critters. Due to climate change, the region saw more heavy rain events and warmer temperatures ...

Fireflies in Ottawa drew unusual attention last summer. They winked through backyards and across parking lots in numbers high ...

Create the perfect habitat to attract fireflies with simple, natural tweaks to your garden this summer. How To Fill Your Garden With Fireflies—And Keep Them Coming Back Skip to main content ...

Why do fireflies only come out in the summer? Since fireflies are cold-blooded (in addition to creating cold light) they thrive in warm, humid weather, the Fa r mer’s Almanac reports.

Bernheim Forest comes alive in the darkness for Bill Napper, who has led hundreds of tours along firefly-laden trails.

For a few weeks in late spring, thousands of fireflies emerge at the Congaree National Park in South Carolina to blink in synchrony. Scientists are trying to learn their secrets and to protect them.

That would add at least another 30 minutes of outside play to the day, catching and releasing them out of a jar. Fireflies typically appear in Southwest Ohio in early June, but it can depend on ...

Why do fireflies only come out in the summer? Since fireflies are cold-blooded (in addition to creating cold light) they thrive in warm, humid weather, the Fa r mer’s Almanac reports.

PELEG: But very quickly before you notice it, you'll see more and more fireflies coming out, you know, probably like a hundred flashes within your field of view. CANTERBURY: Oh, yeah.

Synchronous fireflies, known as Photuris frontalis, blink in the woods near the Congaree River on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. Congaree National Park holds an annual event for ...