It's the last day of June and I'm standing under the overhang on my back deck protected from the last drips of a rainstorm. It's past nine o'clock but not quite dark yet. But the yard is starting to ...

There is something magical about a firefly that fascinates young and old alike. If you grew up in the South, catching lightning bugs in a Mason jar was a childhood summer rite of passage. With ...

Is there any backyard bug more magical than a firefly? The wee, glowing beetles light up summer gardens with delicate, dreamy flashes—their way of attracting mates. Kids have long loved catching the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fireflies are starting to emerge across the state in advance of an upcoming state festival and a citizen science data project ...

Want to see more fireflies next summer? There's one big chore you can skip as leaves begin to fall. As autumn leaves blanket ...

There is something magical about fireflies. On warm and humid summer evenings, the flashing lights in fields, meadows and even some backyards are quintessential components of early summer. Fireflies ...

Watching fireflies is one of the singular pleasures of a warm summer night. Many of us have fond memories of watching them flit about and even catching them in a jar to observe their flashes more ...

CHICAGO — Beatriz Swanson can remember the first time she saw the blinking glow. She was 10 years old, growing up in Mexico, when two fireflies appeared in front of her, floating away before she could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep in the pitch-black woodlands of Congaree National Park lives a mysterious insect that draws thousands of onlookers each year.

Beatriz Swanson can remember the first time she saw the blinking glow. She was 10 years old, growing up in Mexico, when two fireflies appeared in front of her, floating away before she could carefully ...

Fireflies are starting to emerge across the state in advance of an upcoming state festival and a citizen science data project revolving around lightning bugs. “So far it’s tracking right on the ...