For many who grew up east of the Mississippi River, yellow twinkling lights punctuate magical childhood memories. New England natives call them fireflies, but they’re known as lightning bugs from the ...

ELKMONT – If you didn’t snag one of the 1,800 parking permits to see the synchronous fireflies do their thing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for a week starting Thursday, you'll need to ...

DELAWARE SEASHORE STATE PARK, Del. — On a muggy July evening, Delaware state biologist Jason Davis is doing what kids have done for ages: Trying to catch a firefly. It’s nowhere near as easy as the ...