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.

Fireflies are putting on an especially dazzling show across central Ohio this summer due to the combination of a wet spring ...

One in three North American firefly species faces extinction, and a surprising culprit is lurking right outside your front door every night. A conservation biologist reveals how ordinary household ...

In years when fireflies seem to show up ahead of schedule, it’s not random, it’s usually a signal that environmental conditions have shifted in their favor. While firefly season typically peaks in the ...

Entomologists say firefly populations may be declining due to habitat fragmentation and light pollution. Fortunately, you can still find these insects if you know where to look.

When I looked out the kitchen window early one recent morning, there was a yellowish moth on it. I hit the window a few times, but it never moved and was still there hours later. At night, moths are ...

July, the month of butterflies, follows June, the month of dragonflies. But many of these predators are also flying now.

Pennsylvania is modifying abandoned mines to create colder habitats, helping bat populations recover from fungus.

Scientists from Assam and Meghalaya have identified a new firefly species in Mawsynram and named it Pygoluciola mawsynram.

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