There’s nothing more beautiful on a hot summer night - fireflies filling the skies. These bugs make their appearance this time of year, drawing people by the thousands to the North Carolina mountains.

In a few weeks, fireflies will emerge from the grasses in the warmth of Minnesota’s early summer nights. They’ll emit their soft light in the intricate flashes and coded blinks they need to find each ...

For as long as I can remember, I have loved fireflies. I can easily recall, just like many other people, catching them to put them in a jar. Seeing them all fly out at once was nothing short of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’ve noticed fewer fireflies or “lightning bugs” in your garden this year, you’re certainly not ...

GREENVILLE — You’ve probably seen them at dusk, bioluminescent little beetles painting the heavy summer air with ephemeral brushstrokes of orange and yellow. Fireflies, as they’re commonly known, ...

There’s something magical about watching fireflies light up a summer evening, with those soft, flickering glows turning a field or garden into something out of a dream. However, across the UK and ...

DELAWARE SEASHORE STATE PARK, Del. (AP) — Fireflies once seemed plentiful and cool, easy to catch and watch, and they served as an introduction to the world of nature around us. Entomologists keep ...

Decades ago, fireflies were a common sight across South-East Asia. But now they are rapidly disappearing. For the people of Bali in Indonesia, members of this fascinating family of bioluminescent ...