Lightning bugs, a barometer for environmental health, have persisted for 100 million years. If you want to help keep them ...

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

Commentary: Gerald Winegrad shares observations of the natural world from Oyster Creek as Maryland enters the heat of summer.

Great food, beautiful beaches and handy stopovers: one tropical Asian paradise, practically on our doorstep, is often ...

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

Ukraine's new Firefly brings precision guidance to low-cost drone bombs. This will give an extra edge to Ukraine's already ...

A new study challenges a century-old firefly brightness estimate, finding traditional measurements exceeded what the insects’ ...

Moving with the speed and agility of an insect, the tiny robot could someday assist in search-and-rescue missions.

A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and biologists at Emory and Berkeley. By generating opposite charges, the worm and ...

These beloved insects are facing growing challenges. Today, an estimated 1 in 3 North American firefly species is at risk of extinction.

Planes filtering in and out of Newark—the 14th busiest airport in the nation—fill the night sky above New Jersey’s Pulaski Skyway. Mauney’s work reveals more than air traffic patterns. If you look ...

Picture a medium-sized stick. Now, imagine a moth with vibrant, Earth-toned wings. Put those two things together, and you get something like the Phasma gigas. This Instagram video shows just how ...